The Sanskrit term Śayyādāna can be transliterated into English as Sayyadana or Shayyadana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study (dharma)

Śayyādāna (शय्यादान) refers to one of the various types of gifts (dāna) according to the Dharmaśāstra taught in the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, the gift to the poor is highly extolled by the compiler of the Saurapurāṇa. Then the text describes bhūmidāna, vidyādāna, annadāna, jaladāna, tiladāna, vāsadāna, dīpadāna, yānadāna, śayyādāna, dhānyadāna etc. along with their accruing results. [...] Thus it appears that the Saurapurāṇa lays emphasis on dāna to the devotees of Śiva and categorically says that if somebody surpassing śivabhaktas donates to others, his dāna becomes futile and he goes to hell.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śayyādāna (शय्यादान) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] Oudh. Xvi, 88. Xix, 84. Burnell. 150^a.

2) Śayyādāna (शय्यादान):—[dharma] Oudh. Xx, 164. Xxi, 100. Xxii, 108.

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

Śayyādāna (शय्यादान):—[=śayyā-dāna] [from śayyā > śaya] n. ‘offering a couch or resting-place’, Name of [work]

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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: Shayya, Dana, Tana.

Starts with: Shayyadanapaddhati.

Full-text: Shayyadanapaddhati, Avadana, Vidyadana, Annadana, Bhumidana, Yanadana, Tiladana, Dipadana, Vasadana, Dhanyadana, Dana.

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