Apacchaya, Apacchāyā, Apacchāya: 8 definitions
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Apacchaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Apachchhaya.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryapacchāyā (अपच्छाया).—f S An inauspicious shadow or shade. 2 An evil apparition; a ghost or phantom.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApacchāya (अपच्छाय).—a. [apagatā chāyā yasmāt]
1) Shadowless.
2) Having a bad or unlucky shadow.
3) Devoid of brightness, dim.
-yaḥ One that has no shadow, i. e. a god; cf. N.14.21; श्रियं भजन्तां कियदस्य देवाश्छाया नल- स्यास्ति तथापि नैषाम् । इतीरयन्तीव तया निरैक्षि सा (śriyaṃ bhajantāṃ kiyadasya devāśchāyā nala- syāsti tathāpi naiṣām | itīrayantīva tayā niraikṣi sā) (chāyā) नैषधे न त्रिदशेषु तेषु (naiṣadhe na tridaśeṣu teṣu) N.14.23 ()||
-yā An unlucky shadow, apparition, phantom.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApacchāya (अपच्छाय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1 Shadowless, having no shadow, as a deity or celestial being. 2. Having a bad or unlucky shadow. f.
(-yā) An unlucky shadow, a phantom. E. apa priv. chāyā shadow.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryApacchāya (अपच्छाय).—i. e. apa -chāya (cf. chāyā), adj. Shadowless, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 108(?).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apacchāya (अपच्छाय):—[=apa-cchāya] mfn. shadowless, having no shadow (as a deity or celestial being)
2) [v.s. ...] having a bad or unlucky shadow
3) Apacchāyā (अपच्छाया):—[=apa-cchāyā] [from apa-cchāya] f. an unlucky shadow, a phantom, apparition.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApacchāya (अपच्छाय):—I. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-yaḥ-yā-yam) 1) Shadowless, as a deity or a celestial being.
2) Without lustre or brightness. Ii. [tatpurusha compound] f.
(-yā) An unlucky shadow, a phantom. E. apa and chāyā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryApacchāya (अपच्छाय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a.] Shadowless. (yā) f. A phantom.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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