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छाया f. af.σκιά, shade, shadow, a shady place (‘a covered place, house’ [Naigh. iii, 4] ), [RV. i, 73, 8; ii, 33, 6; vi, 16, 38] ; [AV.] ; [VS. v, xv] ; [AitBr. vii, 12] ; [ŚBr.] &c.
the shadow of a gnomon, [Sūryas.]
shelter, protection, [Hit. iii, 8,1/2]
a reflected image, reflection, [RV. v, 44, 6; x, 121, 2] ; [VS. ii, 8] ; [AV. v, 21, 8] ; [PraśnUp.] ; [Mn.] &c.
f. shading or blending of colours, play of light or colours, lustre, light, colour, colour of the face, complexion, features, [Suśr.] ; [VarBṛS. lxviii, 89 ff.] ; [Ragh. iv, 5] ; [Megh.] (ifc. f(आ). ) &c.
gracefulness, beauty, 77 & 101; [VP. iv, 4, 31] ; [Kathās. iic]
पङ्क्ति a series, multitude (), [Pañcat. i, 16, 8]
a Sanskṛt gloss on a Prākṛt text
a copy (of a MS. )
a little (ifc. ), [Veṇīs. vi, 13/14, 1]
nightmare, [Buddh.] ; [L.]
a bribe, [L.]
‘Shadow’, (like संज्ञा) wife of the sun and mother of the planet Saturn, [Hariv. 545 ff.] ; [VP. iii, 2] ; [BhP. vi, viii] ; [MatsyaP.] ; [Kathās. cv]
(N. of a शक्ति), [Hcat. i, 5, 197]
the sun, [L.]
a metre of 4 x 19 syllables
a kind of rhetorical figure, [Sarasv. ii, 5]
(in music) N. of a राग
N. of कात्यायनी (or दुर्गा, [W.] ), [L.]
छाया b See °य.
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