Cāyā | Cआया | CAyA

Cāyā/ | Cआया/ | 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 (paṇkti | पण्क्ति |), 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.
Cāyā/ | Cआया/ | See ˚ya | ˚य |.

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