Alternative spellings of this word include Prachchhaya.

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Pracchāya (प्रच्छाय) refers to a “shady place” (in a mountain), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: “[...] While the king himself, surrrounded by a few distinguished and faithful champions, [...] should ride on a good horse of excellent gait and speed, with flowing bridles, and trotting in harmony with the music of drums; and, accompanied by a large number of hawkers, proceeds to a shady place (pracchāya) in a mountain in proper time and with great watchfulness [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pracchāya (प्रच्छाय).—[prakṛṣṭā chāyā yatra] Thick or dense shade, a shadowy place; प्रच्छायसुलभनिद्रा दिवसाः परिणामरमणीयाः (pracchāyasulabhanidrā divasāḥ pariṇāmaramaṇīyāḥ) Ś.1.3; M.3.

Derivable forms: pracchāyam (प्रच्छायम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pracchāyā (प्रच्छाया).—(= Pali pa°), shady place: MPS 5.3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pracchāya (प्रच्छाय).—n.

(-yaṃ) Thick shade, a shadowy place.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pracchāya (प्रच्छाय).—i. e. pra and chāyā, n. Deṇse shadow, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pracchāya (प्रच्छाय).—[substantive] a shadowy place, shade.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pracchāya (प्रच्छाय):—[=pra-cchāya] ([probably]) n. a shadowy place, dense shade, [Harivaṃśa; Śakuntalā; Kathāsaritsāgara]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pracchāya (प्रच्छाय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pacchāa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pracchaya in German

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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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Partial matches: Pra.

Ends with: Apracchaya.

Full-text: Pacchaa, Pra.

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