As a deity name
Name 899 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of Dūrvā grass
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śītāyai" is the dative of "śītā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "śītāyai" is the dative of "śīta" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "śītāyai" is the dative of "śītiman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "śītā" is derived from "śī" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. śī cl. 2. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiv, 22) śete (with Guṇa throughout the pr. stem : thus, śaye [in RV. also 3. sg.], śeṣe &c., 3. pl. śerate [in AV. also śere and Class. śayire]; Pot. śayīta, RV. &c.; Impv. śetām and śayām, AV.; impf. aśeta, ŚBr. &c., 3. pl. aśerata [in RV. also aśeran], p. śayāna, RV. &c.; Ved. and ep. also cl. 1. śayate, ˚ti; impf. aśayat and aśāyata, RV.; pf. śiśye, śiśyire, Br.; p. Ved. śaśayāna, Class. śiśyāna; aor. aśayiṣṭa Subj. śeṣan, RV.; fut. śayitā, Up., 2. sg. ˚tāse, ŚBr.; śayiṣyate, ˚ti, Br.; śeṣyate, ˚ti, MBh.; inf. śayadhyai, RV.; śayitum, MBh.; ind.p. śayitvā, Up. &c.; -śayya, Kāv.), to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose, RV. &c. &c.; to remain unused (as Soma), TS.; to lie down to sleep, fall asleep, sleep, GṛŚrS.; MBh. &c.; (with patye) to lie down to a husband (for sexual intercourse), Pat.; (madanena-√ śī = ‘to be impotent’), VarBṛS. : Pass. śayyate Gr. (aor. aśāyi, ib., pr.p. once in MBh. śīyat) : Caus. śāyayati, ˚te (aor. aśīśayat), to cause to lie down, lay down, put, throw, fix on or in (loc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to cause to lie down, allow to rest or sleep, Bhaṭṭ.; Rājat.; BhP. : Desid. śiśayiṣate, to wish to rest or sleep, Daś. : Intens. śāśayyate, śeśayīti, śeśeti Gr. [cf. Gk. κεῖσθαι, ‘to lie’; κοίτη, ‘a bed’.]
2. śī mfn. (ifc.) lying, resting (see jihma-, madhyama-śī, &c.)
śītā (ā), f. spirituous liquor, L.
a kind of Dūrvā grass, L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
śītā (ā), f. spirituous liquor, L.
a kind of Dūrvā grass, L.
śīta mf(ā)n. (fr. śyai; cf. śīna) cold, cool, chilly, frigid (with ind.p. of √ kṛ either śītaṃ kṛtya, or kṛtvā, g. sākṣādi), RV. &c. &c.
dull, apathetic, sluggish, indolent, L.
śītiman m. coldness g. ḍriḍhādi.
1. śī cl. 2. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiv, 22) śete (with Guṇa throughout the pr. stem : thus, śaye [in RV. also 3. sg.], śeṣe &c., 3. pl. śerate [in AV. also śere and Class. śayire]; Pot. śayīta, RV. &c.; Impv. śetām and śayām, AV.; impf. aśeta, ŚBr. &c., 3. pl. aśerata [in RV. also aśeran], p. śayāna, RV. &c.; Ved. and ep. also cl. 1. śayate, ˚ti; impf. aśayat and aśāyata, RV.; pf. śiśye, śiśyire, Br.; p. Ved. śaśayāna, Class. śiśyāna; aor. aśayiṣṭa Subj. śeṣan, RV.; fut. śayitā, Up., 2. sg. ˚tāse, ŚBr.; śayiṣyate, ˚ti, Br.; śeṣyate, ˚ti, MBh.; inf. śayadhyai, RV.; śayitum, MBh.; ind.p. śayitvā, Up. &c.; -śayya, Kāv.), to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose, RV. &c. &c.; to remain unused (as Soma), TS.; to lie down to sleep, fall asleep, sleep, GṛŚrS.; MBh. &c.; (with patye) to lie down to a husband (for sexual intercourse), Pat.; (madanena-√ śī = ‘to be impotent’), VarBṛS. : Pass. śayyate Gr. (aor. aśāyi, ib., pr.p. once in MBh. śīyat) : Caus. śāyayati, ˚te (aor. aśīśayat), to cause to lie down, lay down, put, throw, fix on or in (loc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to cause to lie down, allow to rest or sleep, Bhaṭṭ.; Rājat.; BhP. : Desid. śiśayiṣate, to wish to rest or sleep, Daś. : Intens. śāśayyate, śeśayīti, śeśeti Gr. [cf. Gk. κεῖσθαι, ‘to lie’; κοίτη, ‘a bed’.]
2. śī mfn. (ifc.) lying, resting (see jihma-, madhyama-śī, &c.)
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