چھایا

छाया ćhāyā, s.f. Shade, shadow; a shady place; reflected image, reflection; light, lustre, splendour; colour;—darkness, obscurity;—s.m.(?) An apparition, a spectre; a faint image or resemblance:—refuge, asylum, protection (=sāya);—a mode (in music):—ćhāyā-pād, s.m. Ascertaining the time by observing the shadow (of an object):—ćhāyā-path, s.m. Ether, the atmosphere or firmament:—ćhāyā-taru, s.m. A large umbrageous tree (giving abundant shade or shelter):—ćhāyā-dān, s.m. Offering up one's shadow (to ward off the influence of evil: this is effected by looking at one's image in a cup of oil, which is then presented to the the ḍakaut, q.v.):—ćhāyā-mitr, s.m. 'Friend of the shade'; a parasol or umbrella:—ćhāyā-wālā, adj. Shady, umbrageous:—ćhāyā-vān, ćhāyā-vant, adj. Possessing or granting shade, shady, shadowy:—ćhāyā-yantr, s.m. 'Shadowinstrument,' a sun-dial.