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.