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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for संध्या

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. संध्याsaṃdhyā1 Union.
    1. 1 Union.
    2. Joint, division.
    3. Morning or evening twilight; अनुरागवती संध्या दिवसस्तत्पुरस्सरः । अहो दैवगतिश्चित्रा पथापि न समागमः ॥ K. Parasmaipada7.
    4. Early morning.
    5. Evening, dusk; संध्यामङ्गलदीपिका विभजते शुद्धान्तवृद्धाजनः V.3.2; संध्याभ्ररेखेव मुहूर्तरागाः Pt.1.194.
    6. The period which precedes a Yuga, the time intervening between the expiration of one Yuga and the commencement of another; चत्वार्याहुः सहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत्कृतं युगम् । तस्य तावच्छती संध्या संध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥ Ms.1.69; अथासौ युगसंध्यायां दस्युप्रायेषु राजसु Bhāg.1.3.25.
    7. The morning, noon, and evening prayers of a Brāhmaṇa; उत्थायावश्यकं कृत्वा कृतशौचः समाहितः । पूर्वं संध्यां जपंस्तिष्ठेत् स्वकाले चापरां चिरम् ॥ Ms.4.93;2.69.
    8. A promise, an agreement.
    9. A boundary, limit.
    10. Thinking, meditation.
    11. A kind of flower.
    12. Name of a river.
    13. Name of the wife of Brahman.
    14. Any one of the divisions of the day (पूर्वाह्ण, मध्याह्न, अपराह्ण).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अंशः the period at the end of each Yuga; Ms.1.69.

    • -अंशुः

      1. twilight. अभ्रम् an evening cloud (tinged with the sun's rays); संध्याभ्ररेखेव मुहूर्तरागाः Pt.1.194.
      2. a kind of red-chalk.

    • -उपसनम् उपासना Saṁdhyā adoration; Ms.2.67.

    • -कालः

      1. the period of twilight.
      2. evening.

    • -त्रयम् the three divisions of the day (forenoon, noon and afternoon).

    • -नाटिन् Masculine an epithet of Śiva.

    • -पयोदः a twilight rain-cloud.

    • -पुष्पी

      1. a kind of jasmine.
      2. a nutmeg.

    • -बलः a demon (राक्षस).

    • -बलिः

      1. an image of bull in a temple of Śiva.
      2. the evening oblation.

    • -मङ्गलम् an evening religious rite. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedदीपिका an auspicious evening lamp; V.3.2.

    • -रागः red-lead.

    • -रामः (some take आराम as the word here) an epithet of Brahman.

    • -वन्दनम् the morning and evening prayers.

    • -समयः

      1. evening-time.
      2. a portion of each Yuga.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. संध्याsaṃdhyāf. see next.
    1. feminine see next.
    2. feminine holding together, union, junction, juncture, (especially) j juncture of day and night, morning or evening twilight Breton Gr2S3rS. MBh. etc.
    3. feminine juncture of the three divisions of the day (morning, noon, and evening) VarBr2S.
    4. feminine the religious acts performed by Bra1hmans Brahmans and twice-born men at the a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) three divisions of the day (accusative with √आस् or अन्व्-√आस् or उप-√आस्, "to perform these Sam2dhya1 संध्या services", which consist of sipping water, repetition of prayers and mantras मन्त्र s, especially of the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री prayer; if regarded as an act of meditation the संध्या may be connected with सं-ध्यै) Mn. R. Pur. RTL. 401; 407
    5. feminine Twilight (especially evening Tw Twilight, personified as a manifestation or daughter of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा, and as the consort of S3iva शिव, of the Sun, of Ka1la काल, of Pulastya पुलस्त्य, of Pu1shan पूषन् etc., and as the mother-in-law of Vidyut-kes3a विद्युत्-केश) MBh. R. Pur. etc.
    6. feminine a girl one year old representing the goddess Sam2dhya1 संध्या at the Durga1 दुर्गा festival Lexicographers
    7. feminine a deity presiding over the three divisions of the day A1s3vP.
    8. feminine the period which precedes a Yuga युग or age of the world (see युग) Hariv. BhP.
    9. feminine a boundary, limit Lexicographers
    10. feminine promise, agreement, assent Lexicographers
    11. feminine Equivalent to सं-धान Lexicographers
    12. feminine a particular flower Lexicographers
    13. feminine Name of a river MBh.
    14. feminine thinking about, reflection, meditation Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

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