शय

{ śaya }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : शय्या

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. हात . अर्पीन अर्जुना जो दावील तया न आवरीन शय । - मोकर्ण २६ . १० . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शय  mfn.  mf( आ)n. ( fr. √ 1. शी) lying, sleeping, resting, abiding ( ifc. after adv. or subst. in loc. case or sense; See अधः-श्°, कुशे-श्, गिरि-श्° &c.)
शय  m.  m. sleep, sleeping, [Dhātup. xxiv, 60] ( cf. दिवा-श्°)
वीर-श्°   a bed, couch (See )

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वीर श्°

a snake ( accord. to some, the boa constrictor), [L.]
a lizard, chameleon, [L.]
हस्त   the hand (= , also as a measure of length), [VarBṛS.]; [Naiṣ.]; KātyŚr. Sch.
पण   = , [L.]
शप   abuse, imprecation, [L.] ( prob. w.r. for )
pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शय [śaya] a.  a. (-या,
-यी  f. f.) [शी-अच्] Lying down, sleep ing (usually at the end of comp.); रात्रिजागरपरो दिवाशयः [R.19.34;] so उत्तानशय, पार्श्वशय, वृक्षेशय, विलेशय &c.
यः Sleep.
A bed, couch; मायाशये शयाना मे नाद्यापि पुन- रुत्थिताः [Bhāg.1.13.41.]
A hand; सुन्दरीभिः शयाम्भोज- संवाहितपदं पुनः [Śiva.B.2.91;] तदूरुकाण्डे सविलासमर्पितः शयः शयानेन सहानयामुना [Rām. ch.2.49;] also used as a measure of length.
A snake, especially the boa.
Abuse, imprecation, curse.
A stake.

Shabda-Sagara

शय  mfn.  ( -यः-या or यी-यं) Asleep, sleeping.
 m.  ( -यः)
1. A hand.
2. A snake, (Boa constrictor.)
3. Sleep, sleeping.
4. A bed, a couch.
5. Abuse, imprecation.
E. शी to sleep, aff. घ, टच् or अच् .

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शी घ टच् अच् .