CAyA [ Co-Ra Uṇ. 4. 109 ] 1 Shade, ( pb ) shadow (changed at the end of Tat. comp. into CAyaM when bAhulya or thickness of shade is meant; e. g. ikzucCAyanizAdinyaH R. 4. 20 ; so 7. 4 , 12. 50 ; Mu. 4. 21 ); CAyAmaDaH sAnugatAM nizevya Ku. 1. 5 ; 6. 46 ; anuBavati hi mUrDnA pAdapastIvramuzRaM Samayati paritApaM CAyayA saMSritAnAM Ś. 5. 7 ; R. 1. 75 , 2. 6 ; 3. 70 ; Me. 67. 2 A reflected image, a reflection; CAyA na mUrCati malopahataprasAde SudDe tu darpaRatale sulaBAvakASA Ś. 7. 32. 3 Resemblance, likeness. 4 A shadowy fancy, hallucination. 5 Blending of colours. 6 Lustre, light; CAyAmaMqalalakzyeRa R. 4. 5 ; ratnacCAyAvyatikaraH Me. 15 , 35. 7 Colour; Māl. 6. 5. 8 Colour of the face, complexion; kevalaM lAvaRyamayI CAyA tvAM na muMcati Ś. 3 ; meGEraMtaritaH priye tava muKacCAyAnukArI SaSI Ś. D.; Pt. 5. 88. 9 Beauty; kzAmacCAyaM BavanaM Me. 80 , 104. 10 Protection. 11 A row, line. 12 Darkness. 13 A bribe. 14 N. of Durgā. 15 The shadow of a gnomon as indicating the sun's position. 16 The Sun. 17 Nightmare. 18 N. of a wife of the sun (she was but a shadow or likeness of saMjYA , the wife of the Sun; consequently when saMjYA went to her father's house without the knowledge of her husband, she put CAyA in her own place. CAyA bore to the Sun three children:-two sons Sāvarṇi and Śani, and one daughter Tapanī). — yaH One who grants shade. Comp. — aMkaH the moon. — Atman m. a reflected image or form. — karaH the bearer of an umbrella. — grahaH a mirror. — tanayaH, -sutaH , — AtmajaH Saturn, son of CAyA . — taruH , — drumaH a large umbrageous tree; Me. 1 ; Ś. 4. 11. — dvitIya a. ‘accompanied only by one's shadow’, alone. — paTaH the galaxy, the atmosphere; R. 13. 2. — Bft m. the moon. — mAnaH the moon. — (naM) a measure of shadow. — mitraM a parasol. — mfgaDaraH the moon. — yaMtraM a sun-dial.