saṃdhya (15768)

saṃdhya
Entry 15768, Page 558, Col. 1

(saMDya, saMDya)
saṃdhya¦, (substantivized) adj. nt. (from Skt. saṃ- dhyā; prob. semi-MIndic for Skt. sāṃdhya, adj., which is recorded only in mg. of the evening twilight, based on a commoner mg. of Skt. saṃdhyā), (rite) pertaining to the [Page558-b+ 71] three ‘joints’ of the day (so saṃdhyā in Skt.), morning, noon, and evening: prathamaṃ saṃdhyam ucyate Mmk 94.17 (morning), madhyaṃ…18--19 (noon), tṛtīyaṃ… 19 (evening); prathamaṃ °yam 99.5; tri-saṃdhyaṃ (the 3 such rites)…juhuyāt divasāny ekaviṃśati 106.24; tri- saṃdhyaṃ (adv. ?) ṣaḍ lakṣāṇi japet 107.10; as adj., vaśyārthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tri-saṃdhyaṃ japam iṣyate 144.13 (vs).