As a deity name
Name 683 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
शयान · adj
सोया हुआ । स्थित । पड़ा हुआ — Śabdasāgara
शयान · noun · masculine
सर्प । साँप । अजगर · गिरगिट । कृकलास — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ शयानक
Cited formation "शयान" is शय + -आन: शय means "शय्या", and the suffix -आन forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(9) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
lying down, resting, sleeping, &c.
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Dictionary citations
śayāna mfn. lying down, resting, sleeping, Mn.; MBh. &c.
śayāna m. a lizard, chameleon, L.
śayāna mfn. (-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Sleeping, asleep. E. śī to sleep, śānac aff.
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