The Sanskrit term Śyāna can be transliterated into English as Syana or Shyana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śyāna (श्यान).—p. p. [śyai-kta]

1) Gone.

2) Coagulated, congealed.

3) Thick, sticky, viscous.

4) Shrunk, dry; slim; शनैः श्यानीभूताः सितजलधरच्छेदपुलिनैः (śanaiḥ śyānībhūtāḥ sitajaladharacchedapulinaiḥ) (saritaḥ) Mu.3.7 (v. l.); शरदि सरितः श्यानपुलिनाः (śaradi saritaḥ śyānapulināḥ) Bhartṛhari 2.44.

-nam Smoke.

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

Śyāna (श्यान).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) 1. Viscous, thick, adhesive, as clarified butter, &c. 2. Congealed. 3. Gone. n.

(-naṃ) Smoke. E. śyai to go, aff. kta .

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

Śyāna (श्यान).—see śvi.

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

Śyāna (श्यान).—[adjective] dried, dry.

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

1) Śyāna (श्यान):—a See under √śyai, p.1095.

2) [from śyai] b mfn. shrunk, become dry (See below)

3) [v.s. ...] viscous, sticky, adhesive (as clarified butter), [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] coagulated, congealed, [Horace H. Wilson]; gone, [ib.]

5) [v.s. ...] cf. [according to] to some, [Lithuanian] szḗnas; [Slavonic or Slavonian] sĕno.

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

1) Śyāna (श्यान):—(naṃ) 1. n. Smoke. a. Sticky, thick.

2) Syana (स्यन):—syanayate 10. d. To think, reflect.

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

Śyāna (श्यान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sāṇa.

context information

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

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Śyāna (श्यान):—(a) viscous; ~[tā] viscosity.

2) Syānā (स्याना):—(a) see [sayānā].

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śyāṇa (ಶ್ಯಾಣ):—[adjective] = ಶ್ಯಾಣ್ಯಾ [shyanya]1.

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Śyāṇa (ಶ್ಯಾಣ):—[noun] = ಶ್ಯಾಣ್ಯಾ [shyanya]2.

context information

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)

Starts with: Shyanabhaga, Shyanabhava, Shyanabhoga, Shyanapulina.

Ends with: Abhisamshyana, Abhishyana, Anupashyana, Apashyana, Ashyana, Avashyana, Dharmanupashyana, Kayanupashyana, Pashyana, Pratishyana, Samabhishyana, Samavashyana, Sampashyana, Samshyana, Sashyana, Shamathavipashyana, Shishyana, Surkshyana, Vipashyana.

Full-text: Ashyana, Samshyana, Shyai, Sya, Shyanapulina, Abhishyana, Avashyana, Samavashyana, Samabhishyana, Abhishyata, Nisho, Shana, Paritasana, Sina.

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