sandhya

See also: Sandhya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā, “twilight, twilight prayers”).

Noun

sandhya (plural sandhyas)

1. (Hinduism) Morning or evening prayers.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 103:

     He did his sandhya in the mornings after he had his bath, put the red tilak on the foreheads of the gods and goddesses, said his prayers, prostrated before them and went off to work.

Anagrams

• Danahys, dhyanas