sandhyā सन्ध्या – holding or joining together, union, conjunction, connection

Original text · English · substantive feminine

1. sandhyā, f. (for 2. see under san-dhyai), hold- ing or joining together, union, conjunction, connec- tion; joint, division; boundary, limit; twilight (a period consisting of two Daṇḍas connecting day and night), morning or evening twilight, evening, dusk; early morning, day-break; Twilight personified as daughter of Brahmā and wife of Śiva; the period which precedes a Yuga or age of the world (see yuga); any one of the three divisions of the day, (forenoon, noon, and afternoon); morning or evening or mid- day prayer (or any religious exercise, such as abstrac- tion, meditation, repetition of Mantras, sipping water, &c., performed at the three divisions of the day); promise, agreement, assent; a kind of jasmine (according to some); N. of a river.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

2. san-dhyā, f. (for 1. see col. 1), reflection, medi- tation.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

sandhyā sandhyā f. (sandhi) union, jonction; point de jonction de deux périodes quelconques: matin, midi, soir, période qui unit deux yugas; limite, frontière. Convention, promesse. Saṃdhyā, fille de Brahmā et personnification du crépuscule [ou de la méditation]. La prière du matin, du soir, etc. — sandhyā f. (dhyai) méditation, contemplation, réflexion. sandhyācala m. (acala) np. de montagne. sandhyānādin m. Śiva [qui danse le soir]. sandhyābala m. rākṣasa. sandhyābali m. statue de Nandi, taureau de Śiva, faite d'argile, de bois, de pierre. sandhyābhra n. (abhra) sorte de craie rouge. sandhyārāga n. minium. sandhyārāma m. (ram) Brahmā [amant de sa fille Saṃdhyā].