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सं-ध्या f. af. See next.
सं-ध्या f. 1.f. holding together, union, junction, juncture, (esp. ) j° of day and night, morning or evening twilight, [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.
juncture of the three divisions of the day (morning, noon, and evening), [VarBṛS.]
आस् the religious acts performed by Brāhmans and twice-born men at the above three divisions of the day (acc. with √ or अन्व्-√ आस् or उप-√ आस्, ‘to perform these संध्या services’, which consist of sipping water, repetition of prayers and मन्त्रs, especially of the गायत्री prayer; if regarded as an act of meditation the संध्या may be connected with सं-ध्यै), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Pur.]; [RTL. 401; 407]
Twilight (esp. evening Tw° , personified as a manifestation or daughter of ब्रह्मा, and as the consort of शिव, of the Sun, of काल, of पुलस्त्य, of पूषन् &c., and as the mother-in-law of विद्युत्-केश), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pur.] &c.
a girl one year old representing the goddess संध्या at the दुर्गा festival, [L.]
a deity presiding over the three divisions of the day, [ĀśvP.]
युग the period which precedes a युग or age of the world (See ), [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
a boundary, limit, [L.]
promise, agreement, assent, [L.]
सं-धान = , [L.]
a partic. flower, [L.]
N. of a river, [MBh.]
संध्या f. 2.f. thinking about, reflection, meditation, [L.]
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