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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Styai (स्त्यै).—1 U. (styāyati-te)

1) To be collected into a heap or mass.

2) To spread about, be diffused; शिशिरकटु- कषायः स्त्यायते सल्लकीनाम् (śiśirakaṭu- kaṣāyaḥ styāyate sallakīnām) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.6; Uttararāmacarita 2.21; Mv.5.41.

3) Sound, echo.

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

Ṣṭyai (ष्ट्यै).—r. 1st cl. (styāyati) 1. To sound. 2. To crowd or swarm. 3. To envelope. 4. To spread about; also styai .

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Styai (स्त्यै).—1st cl. (-styāyati) 1. To sound. 2. To spread about. 3. To collect, to crowd; the form ṣṭyai is irregular.

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

Ṣṭyai (ष्ट्यै).—see styai.

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Styai (स्त्यै).—ṣṭyai ṢṬYai, i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To be collected or joined. 2. Pass. To increase, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 45, 3 (to spread round about). 3. To sound. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. styāna, 1. Thick, gross, bulky. 2. Soft, bland. n. 1. Thickness. 2. Idleness. 3. Echo, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 45, 2.

— With pra pra, ptcple. of the pf. pass. prastīta and prastīma. 1. Crowded, clustering. 2. Sounded.

— Cf. probably [Latin] stipare ([Causal.]).

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

1) Ṣṭyai (ष्ट्यै):—See √styai.

2) Styai (स्त्यै):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] styāyati, to be collected into a heap or mass, [Dhātupāṭha xxii, 14];

2) —to spread about, [ib.];

2) —to sound, [ib.];—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] styāyate ([present participle] styāna q.v.; [indeclinable participle] -styāya; See ni-ṣṭyai),

2) —to stiffen, grow dense, increase, [Uttararāma-carita; Mahāvīra-caritra]

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

1) Ṣṭyai (ष्ट्यै):—styāyati 1. a. To sound, to swarm; to envelope.

2) Styai (स्त्यै):—styāyati 1. a. To sound; collect.

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.

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Starts with: Styaina.

Ends with: Nishtyai, Pustyai, Samstyai.

Full-text: Styena, Prastima, Nishtyai, Prastita, Styana, Styaya, Stiya, Astyana, Styayana, Stima, Styaina, Samstyaya, Samstyana, Pulasti, Upasti, Stri, Agasti, Stupa, Stha.

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