ṣyāmā | ष्यामा | SyAmA

ṣyāmā | ष्यामा | (A), f. a woman with peculiar marks or characteristics (accord. to some ‘a girl who has the marks of puberty’; accord. to others ‘a woman who has not borne children’; also described as ‘a female of slender shape’ &c.), Śiś.; Siṃhās.
a N. or form of Durgā (worshipped by the Tāntrikas), W.
N. of Yamunā, L.
of a daughter of Meru (an incarnation of Gaṅgā), BhP.
of a princess, Vās., Introd.
of another woman, MBh.
of a goddess who executes the commands of the 6th Arhat or of the mother of the 13th Arhat (with Jainas)
a kind of bird (either ‘the female of the Indian cuckoo’ or ‘a hen-sparrow’), VarBṛS.; Pañcat.
N. of various plants (= gundrā | गुन्द्रा |, priyaṇgu | प्रियण्गु |, sārivā | सारिवा | &c.), R.; Suśr.
night (see ṣyāmā-cara | ष्यामा-चर |)
the earth, Gal.
N. of a river, MārkP.
ṣyāmā | ष्यामा | f. (of ṣyāma | ष्याम |) in comp.

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