cl. 2. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 22]) śéte (with Guṇa throughout the pr. stem : thus, śáye [in [RV.] also 3. sg.], śéṣe &c., 3. pl. śérate [in [AV.] also śére and Class. śayire]; Pot. śáyīta, [RV.] &c.; Impv. śetām and śayām, [AV.]; impf. aśeta, [ŚBr.] &c., 3. pl. aśerata [in [RV.] also áśeran], p. śáyāna, [RV.] &c.; Ved. and ep. also cl. 1. śáyate, °ti; impf. áśayat and aśāyata, [RV.]; pf. śiśye, śiśyire, [Br.]; p. Ved. śaśayāná, Class. śiśyāna; aor. aśayiṣṭa Subj. śéṣan, [RV.]; fut. śayitā, [Up., 2.] sg. °tā́se, [ŚBr.]; śayiṣyate, °ti, [Br.]; śeṣyate, °ti, [MBh.]; inf. śayádhyai, [RV.]; śayitum, [MBh.]; ind.p. śayitvā, [Up.] &c.; -śayya, [Kāv.]), to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose, [RV.] &c. &c.; to remain unused (as Soma), [TS.]; to lie down to sleep, fall asleep, sleep, [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; (with patye) to lie down to a husband (for sexual intercourse), [Pat.]; (madanena-√ śī = ‘to be impotent’), [VarBṛS.] : Pass. śayyate Gr. (aor. aśāyi, [ib.], pr.p. once in [MBh.] śīyat) : Caus. śāyayati, °te (aor. aśīśayat), to cause to lie down, lay down, put, throw, fix on or in (loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to cause to lie down, allow to rest or sleep, [Bhaṭṭ.]; [Rājat.]; [BhP.] : Desid. śiśayiṣate, to wish to rest or sleep, [Daś.] : Intens. śāśayyate, śeśayīti, śeśeti Gr. [cf. Gk. κεῖσθαι, ‘to lie’; κοίτη, ‘a bed’.]
mfn. (ifc.) lying, resting (see jihma-, madhyama-śī, &c.)
f. sleep, repose, [L.]
devotion, tranquillity, [L.]
(connected with √ 2. śad; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 78]) cl. 4. Ā. śīyate, to fall out or away, disappear, vanish, [TBr.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]