Meanings
sandhya1
plural sandhyas
- HinduismMorning or evening prayers.
He did his sandhya in the mornings after he had his bath, put the red tilak on the foreheads of the gods and goddesses, said his prayers, prostrated before them and went off to work.
1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 103
Sandhya2
- A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Origin
sandhya · noun
- Sanskritसंध्या“twilight, twilight prayers”
- Englishsandhya
Borrowed from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā, “twilight, twilight prayers”).
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Full word history & related roots →Sandhya · proper noun
- Sanskritसंध्या“twilight”
- EnglishSandhya
Borrowed from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā, “twilight”).
More words from Sanskrit
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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