Sukhashaya, Sukhaśayā: 4 definitions
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Sukhashaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Sukhaśayā can be transliterated into English as Sukhasaya or Sukhashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraSukhaśayā (सुखशया) is the name of a witch and friend of Bandhudattā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 37. Accordingly, “... when she [Bandhudattā] said this, her friend Sukhaśayā, who was a witch, answered her: ‘I know two spells: by reciting one of them a man can be in a moment made an ape, if a string is fastened round his neck, and by the second, if the string is loosed, he will immediately become a man again; and while he is an ape his intelligence is not diminished’.”.
The story of Sukhaśayā and Bandhudattā was narrated by Gomukha in order to demonstrate that “it is true that chaste women are few and far between, but unchaste women are never to be trusted”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Sukhaśayā, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySukhāśaya (सुखाशय).—adj. hoping for pleasure, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 160.
Sukhāśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sukha and āśaya (आशय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sukhaśayā (सुखशया):—[=sukha-śayā] [from sukha > sukh] f. Name of a sorceress, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) Sukhāśaya (सुखाशय):—[from sukha > sukh] [wrong reading] for sukhāśraya.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Saya, Ashaya, Sukha, Caya.
Starts with: Sukhashayana.
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Full-text: Ashaya.
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