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sandhya

sandhya noun: morning or evening prayers.

Noun

sandhya (plural sandhyas)

  1. (Hinduism) Morning 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

Proper noun capitalized: Sandhya

Sandhya

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Forms of sandhya

pluralsandhyas

Origin of sandhya

Borrowed from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā, “twilight, twilight prayers”).

Borrowed from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā, “twilight”).

Questions about sandhya

What does sandhya mean?
Sandhya means morning or evening prayers.
What part of speech is sandhya?
Sandhya can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sandhya?
The plural of sandhya is sandhyas.

Words near sandhya in the dictionary

  1. sandhopper
  2. sandhoppers
  3. Sandhu
  4. Sandhurst
  5. Sandhus
  6. sandhya
  7. sandhyas
  8. sandhyavandanam
  9. sandhyavandanams
  10. Sandi
  11. Sandia

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