सं-ध्या f. af. See next.
सं-ध्या f. 1.f. holding together, union, junction, juncture, (
esp. )
j° of day and night, morning or evening twilight,
[Br.] ;
[GṛŚrS.] ;
[MBh.] &c.
juncture of the three divisions of the day (morning, noon, and evening),
[VarBṛS.] आस् the religious acts performed by
Brāhmans and twice-born men at the above three divisions of the day (
acc. with √ or
अन्व्-√ आस् or
उप-√ आस्, ‘to perform these
संध्या services’, which consist of sipping water, repetition of prayers and
मन्त्रs, especially of the
गायत्री prayer; if regarded as an act of meditation the
संध्या may be connected with
सं-ध्यै),
[Mn.] ;
[R.] ;
[Pur.] ;
[RTL. 401; 407] Twilight (
esp. evening
Tw° , personified as a manifestation or daughter of
ब्रह्मा, and as the consort of
शिव, of the Sun, of
काल, of
पुलस्त्य, of
पूषन् &c., and as the mother-in-law of
विद्युत्-केश),
[MBh.] ;
[R.] ;
[Pur.] &c.
a girl one year old representing the goddess
संध्या at the
दुर्गा festival,
[L.] a deity presiding over the three divisions of the day,
[ĀśvP.] युग the period which precedes a
युग or age of the world (See ),
[Hariv.] ;
[BhP.] a boundary, limit,
[L.] promise, agreement, assent,
[L.] सं-धान = ,
[L.] a
partic. flower,
[L.] N. of a river,
[MBh.] संध्या f. 2.f. thinking about, reflection, meditation,
[L.]