As a deity name
Name 449 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 222 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
सन्ध्या · sandhyā · s.f.
Mean (between two things); meeting of day and night, twilight (see sāṅjh and sanjhā); a period of time, forenoon, mid-day, afternoon, or evening; holy rites of morning, noon, and evening — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 683
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 Twilight, either morning or evening. 2 The period that elapses between the expiration of one Yuga or age, and the commencement of another. 3 A period of time, forenoon, afternoon…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sandhyā" is the nominative of "saṃdhyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sandhyā" is the feminine form of "saṃdhya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "sandhyā" is the instrumental of "saṃdhi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
sandhyā f. (-ndhyā) 1 Twilight, either morning or evening. 2 The period that elapses between the expiration of one Yuga or age, and the commencement of another. 3 A period of time, forenoon, afternoon, or mid-day. 4 Religious abstraction, meditation, repetition of Mantras, sipping water, &c. to be performed by the three first classes of Hindus, at particular and stated periods in the course of every day, especially at sunrise, sunset, and also, though less essentially, at noon. 5 Reflexion. 6 Promise, assent. 7 Boundary, limit. 8 Joining, union. 9 A flower; according to some the tuberose, to others, the jasmine. 10 Twilight, personified as the daughter of BRAHMĀ, and wife of ŚIVA. 11 The name of a river. E. sandhi a joint, (of the day,) and yat aff.
saṃ-dhyā f. See next.
1. saṃ-dhyā f. holding together, union, junction, juncture, (esp.) j˚ of day and night, morning or evening twilight, Br.; GṛŚrS.; MBh. &c.
1. saṃ-dhya mfn. (for 2. See col. 3) being on the point of junction &c., ŚBr.; Gobh.; Suśr.
based on Saṃdhi or euphonic combination, Prāt.
saṃ-dhi mfn. containing a conjunction or transition from one to the other &c., TBr.
saṃ-dhi m. (exceptionally f.; once in MBh. loc. pl. saṃdhīṣu) junction, connection, combination, union with (instr.), KaṭhUp.; Subh.
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