saMDya
saṃdhya , (substantivized) adj. nt. (from Skt. saṃdhyā; prob. semi- MIndic for Skt. sāṃdhya, adj. , which is recorded only in mg. of the evening twilight , based on a commoner mg. of Skt. saṃdhyā), (rite) pertaining to the [Page558-b] three ‘joints’ of the day (so saṃdhyā in Skt. ), morning, noon, and evening: prathamaṃ saṃdhyam ucyate Mmk 94.17 (morning), madhyaṃ … 18—19 (noon), tṛtīyaṃ … 19 (evening); prathamaṃ °yam 99.5 ; tri-saṃdhyaṃ (the 3 such rites ) … juhuyāt divasāny ekaviṃśati 106.24 ; trisaṃdhyaṃ ( adv. ?) ṣaḍ lakṣāṇi japet 107.10 ; as adj. , vaśyārthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tri-saṃdhyaṃ japam iṣyate 144.13 ( vs ).