Sayita, Sāyita, Shayita, Śayita: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śayita can be transliterated into English as Sayita or Shayita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shayit.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Śayita (शयित) refers to “sleeping”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] The wise man who is contented in all circumstances is not asleep even in deep sleep, not sleeping (śayita) in a dream (svapna), nor waking when he is awake. [supto'pi na suṣuptau ca svapne'pi śayito na ca] The seer is without thoughts even when thinking, without senses among the senses, without understanding even in understanding and without a sense of responsibility even in the ego. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
sāyita : (pp. of sāyati) tasted.
Sāyita, (pp. of sāyati, cp. sāditar) (having) tasted, tasting D. I, 70; II, 95, 292; M. I, 188, 461; Miln. 378; Vism. 258 (khāyita+). (Page 705)
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Sayita, (pp. of seti) lying down J. I, 338; V, 438. sukha° lying in a good position, sleeping well, well-embedded (of seeds) A. III, 404=D. II, 354; Miln. 255. sukha-sayitabhāva “having had a good sleep, ” being well J. V, 127. (Page 697)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Śayita (शयित).—p. p. [śī kartari kta]
1) Sleeping, reposed, asleep.
2) Lying down.
-tam 1 Sleep, sleeping.
2) The place where one has slept.
Śayita (शयित).—nt. (unrecorded as subst.), lying down: Mahāvastu i.167.18, see s.v. niṣaṇṇa.
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Śāyita (शायित).—ppp. of caus. of Sanskrit śī-, lit. caused to sleep: kaccid bhagavan sukhaṃ śāyita iti Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.142.1, I hope, Lord, you have had a good sleep ?
Śayita (शयित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Asleep. n.
(-taṃ) A plant, (Cordia myxa.) n.
(-taṃ) Sleep, sleeping. E. śī to sleep, aff. kta .
Śayita (शयित).—[neuter] the place where a [person or personal] ([genetive]) has lain or slept.
1) Śayita (शयित):—[from śaya] mfn. reposed, lying, sleeping, asleep, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. the plant Cordia Myxa, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] n. the place where any one has lain or slept, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 2-3, 68.]
4) Śāyitā (शायिता):—[=śāyi-tā] [from śāya] f. ([from] next) the state of lying or reposing or abiding in (ifc.), [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara]
1) Śayita (शयित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Asleep. m. Cordia myxa. n. Sleep.
2) Śāyita (शायित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) p.] Laid to rest.
Śāyitā (शायिता):—f. nom. abstr. von śāyin am Ende eines comp.: abhyudaya das (noch) Schlafen bei Sonnenaufgang [Mahābhārata 13, 5093.] śapharodara das Stecken im Bauche eines Śaphara [Kathāsaritsāgara 25, 54.]
Śayita (शयित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saia.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Śāyita (शायित) [Also spelled shayit]:—(a) sleeping, lying.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Sayita (ಸಯಿತ):—[adjective] associated with; blended, mixed with.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Sayin, Luo, Da, Ta.
Starts with (+0): Shayitaka, Shayitapashcimatanasana, Shayitar, Shayitavat, Shayitavya.
Full-text (+16): Atishayita, Adhisayita, Samshayita, Shayitavat, Sukhasayita, Adhyavasayita, Pratishayita, Bahisayita, Shayitapashcimatanasana, Nishanna, Shui, Upashayita, Adhahshayita, Ci, Abhyuditashayita, Cirakalasayita, Shayit, Sukhashayitapracchaka, Upashayana, Abhyuditashayin.
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