SyAma a. [ SyE-maka ] 1 Black, dark-blue, dark-coloured; pratyAKyAta viSezakaM kurabakaM SyAmAvadAtAruRaM M. 3. 5 ; SyAmaM druyorBAgayoH V. 2. 7 ; kuvalayadalaSyAmasnigDaH U. 4. 19 ; Me. 15 , 23. 2 Brown. 3 Shady, dusky. 4 Dark-green. — naH 1 The black colour. 2 The green colour. 3 A cloud. 4 The cuckoo. 5 N. of a sacred fig-tree at Allahabad on the bank of the Yamunā; ayaM ca kAliMdItawe vawaH SyAmo nAma U. 1 ; soyaM vawaH SyAma iti pratItaH R. 13. 53. 6 The thorn apple. — maM 1 Sea-salt. 2 Black pepper. Comp. — aMga a. dark. — (gaH) the planet Mercury. — kaMWaH 1 an epithet of Śiva; ( nIlakaMWa ). 2 a peacock. — karRaH a horse suitable for a horse sacrifice. — patraH the tamāla tree. — BAs, -ruci a. glossy-black. — SabalO the two four-eyed watch-dogs of Yama; cf. Rv. 10. 14. 10. — suMdarA an epithet of Kṛṣṇa.