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Sandhya¹

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

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

sandhya²

Where it comes from

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

noun sandhyas

  1. Hinduism Morning or evening prayers. 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.

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@misc{sandhya_2026,
  title = {sandhya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sandhya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}