chāyā छाया chāyā́ f. 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. 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(A). ) &c. gracefulness, beauty, [77] & [101]; [VP. iv, 4, 31]; [Kathās. iic] a series, multitude (paṅkti), [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 Saṃjñā) 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 Śakti), [Hcat. i, 5, 197] the sun, [L.] a metre of 4 × 19 syllables a kind of rhetorical figure, [Sarasv. ii, 5] (in music) N. of a Rāga N. of Kātyāyanī (or Durgā, [W.]), [L.] chāyā́ See °ya. chāyābhṛt छायाभृत् chāyā—bhṛt m. ‘bearing a (hare's) image’, the moon, [L.] chāyāṅka छायाङ्क chāyā°ṅka (°yān°) m. ‘marked by a (hare's) image’, the moon, [L.], Sch. chāyāvat छायावत् chāyā—vat mfn. umbrageous, [R. ii, 94, 10]; [vii, 54, 11.] chāyākara छायाकर chāyā—kara m. ‘shading’, a parasol-bearer, [L.] a kind of metre, [W.] = chāyāmāna छायामान chāyā—māna n. an instrument measuring a shadow, [L.], Sch. chāyāmaya छायामय chāyā—máya mfn. shadow-like, [ŚBr. xiv, 5, 1, 12] and [6, 9, 16] casting a shadow, [W.] reflected, [Naiṣ. vi, 30.] chāyāpatha छायापथ chāyā—patha m. the milky way, [L.] chāyāsuta छायासुत chāyā—suta m. = -tanaya, [VarBṛ. ii, 3], Sch. chāyātaru छायातरु chāyā—taru m. an umbrageous tree, [Megh. 1]; [Śak. iv, 11], Sch. chāyātman छायात्मन् chāyā—°tman (°yāt°), m. ‘shadow-self’, one's shadow or reflected image, [Megh. 40.] chāyātoḍī छायातोडी chāyā—toḍī f. (in music) N. of a Rāga. chāyābhartṛ छायाभर्तृ chāyā—bhartṛ m. ‘husband of Chāyā’, the sun, [Gal.] chāyābhinna छायाभिन्न chāyā—bhinna mfn. divided in radiance, reflecting light from various surfaces, [Megh. 62.] chāyādruma छायाद्रुम chāyā—druma m. = -taru, [Śak. iv, 11.] chāyāgrāha छायाग्राह chāyā—grāha mf(I)n. depriving of the shadow, [R. iv, 41, 38.] chāyāgraha छायाग्रह chāyā—graha m. ‘receiving the image or the gnomon's shadow’, a mirror or = -yantra, [Rājat. iii, 154.] chāyāmitra छायामित्र chāyā—mitra n. ‘shade-friend’, a parasol, [L.] chāyānaṭṭa छायानट्ट chāyā—naṭṭa m. (in music) N. of a Rāga. chāyāpiṅga छायापिङ्ग chāyā—piṅga m. = °yāṅka, [Gal.] chāyātmaja छायात्मज chā°yātmaja (°yāt°), m. = -tanaya, [L.] chāyāvṛkṣa छायावृक्ष chāyā—vṛkṣa m. = -taru, Hibiscus populneoides, [Npr.] chāyānāṭaka छायानाटक chāyā—nāṭaka n. a small drama or one imitative of another (as the Dhūtāṅgada). chāyāpuruṣa छायापुरुष chāyā—puruṣa m. Puruṣa in the form of a shadow, [Tantr.] chāyāsaṃjñā छायासंज्ञा chāyā—saṃjñā f. Chāyā as Saṃjñā, [VP. iii, 2, 5.] chāyātanaya छायातनय chāyā—tanaya m. ‘son of Chāyā’, the planet Saturn, [L.] chāyāyantra छायायन्त्र chāyā—yantra n. ‘shadow-instrument’, a sun-dial, [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas. xiii, 20]; [Sūryapr.] chāyādvitīya छायाद्वितीय chāyā—dvitīya mfn. accompanied by one's shadow, casting a shadow, [MBh. iii, 57, 25.] chāyāmṛgadhara छायामृगधर chāyā—mṛga-dhara m. = bhṛt, [L.] chāyāvyavahāra छायाव्यवहार chāyā—vyavahāra m. measuring the shadow cast by the sun on the dial.