Saukhashayika, Saukhaśāyika: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Saukhaśāyika can be transliterated into English as Saukhasayika or Saukhashayika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saukhaśāyika (सौखशायिक).—[sukhaśayanaṃ pṛcchati ṭhak] One who asks another person whether he has slept well or has had comfortable sleep; मृग्वादीननुगृह्णन्तं सौखशायनि- कानृषीन् (mṛgvādīnanugṛhṇantaṃ saukhaśāyani- kānṛṣīn) R.1.14.

Derivable forms: saukhaśāyikaḥ (सौखशायिकः).

See also (synonyms): saukhaśāyanika.

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

Saukhaśāyika (सौखशायिक).—i. e. sukha-śāyin + ika, and saukhaśāyanika saukhaśāyanika, i. e. sukha-śayana + ika, adj. Asking if one has slept well, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 12, 36 Gorr.; [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 10, 14 (cf. [Siddhāntakaumudi, (ed. Calc., 4to.)] 83, b. 1).

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

Saukhaśāyika (सौखशायिक):—[=saukha-śāyika] [from saukha] m. idem or an official who asks a prince whether he has slept well, [Rāmāyaṇa]

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