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Results for शायिका

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शायिकाśāyikā1 Repose, sleep.
1. 1 Repose, sleep.
2. The state of lying or reposing; कुर्यात्तृणमयं चापं शयीत मृगशायिकाम् Mb.1.14.13; also शायिता.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शायिकाśāyikāf. sleeping, lying ("manner of lying" or "one's turn to rest") Pa1n2. 3-3, 108 Va1rtt. 1; ii, 2, 15 Sch.

feminine sleeping, lying ("manner of lying" or "one's turn to rest") Pa1n2. 3-3, 108 vArttika 1; ii, 2, 15 Scholiast or Commentator

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कोशशायिकाkośaśāyikāf. a clasp-knife or one lying in a sheath L.

feminine a clasp-knife or one lying in a sheath Lexicographers

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गिरिशायिकाgiriśāyikāf. (= -शा) a kind of bird Gal.

feminine (Equivalent to -शा) a kind of bird Gal.

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पुष्करशायिकाpuṣkaraśāyikāf. a species of aquatic bird Sus3r.

feminine a species of aquatic bird Sus3r.

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मृगशायिकाmṛgaśāyikāf. the recumbent posture of an antelope (शयीत मृगशायि˚काम्, "let him lie as still as an ant antelope") MBh.

feminine the recumbent posture of an antelope (शयीत मृगशायिthat the rest of a word is to be suppliedकाम्, "let him lie as still as an ant antelope") MBh.

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वृक्षशायिकाvṛkṣaśāyikāf. "tree-residing",
1. feminine "tree-residing",
2. feminine a squirrel Sus3r.
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स्थण्डिलशायिकाsthaṇḍilaśāyikāf. id. DivyA7v.

feminine the same DivyA7v.

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