Shai, Śāī: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Shai means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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 Śāī can be transliterated into English as Sai or Shai, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Srimatham: Śrī RāmacaritamānasaSaī is the name of a river mentioned in the Rāmacaritamānasa chapter two (Ayodhya-kāṇḍa).—Accordingly, “halting on the bank of the Saī river they resumed their journey at daybreak and the whole party drew near to Śṛṅgaverapura”.
The Saī rises about midway between the Gomatī and the Gaṅgā and falls into the former 10 miles below the city of Jaunpur.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
India history and geography
Source: Shodhganga: A translation of Jhaverchand Meghanis non translated folk talesSai refers to “God, ascetic, hermit(esp. Muslim)”.—It is defined in the glossary attached to the study dealing with Gujarat Folk tales composed by Gujarati poet Jhaverchand Meghani (1896-1947)
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Shai in India is the name of a plant defined with Acacia polyacantha in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gagnebina tamariscina sensu Bojer (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora of the British West Indian Islands (1860)
· The forest flora of North-West and Central India (1874)
· North American Flora (1928)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Flora Indica (1832)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Shai, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, health benefits, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśāī (शाई).—f ( P) Ink. 2 A paste made of ironrust; to be applied to the bass-end of a mṛdaṅga or tabor.
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śāī (शाई).—a ( P Kingly, royal. This is a very abused and perverted word.) Relating to the sway or rule of; bearing the virtue, nature, or name of; belonging unto; as puṇēśāī, mumbaīśāī, surataśāī Belonging to Poona, Bombay, Surat. śindēśāī, hōḷakaraśāī, apāśāī bābāśāī Proceeding from, established or instituted by, in some or other way pertaining or referrible to Sindia, Holker &c. Used of coins, fashions, laws, usages. brāmhaṇaśāī, śūdraśāī, mōgalaśāī Peculiar or suitable to; usually accompanying or with Brahmans, Shudras &c. sōdēśāī, śinaḷaśāī, labāḍaśāī Appropriate &c. to scamps, lechers, liars. Used also as s f in the sense of Sway or rule; as śindēśāī puṇyāmadhyēṃ jhālī. 2 also as s f A people or multitude; a community; the inhabitants (of a kingdom, town &c.) or the members of an army &c. considered as a body. Ex. sagaḷyā śāīnta tyāsārakhā śūra dusarā kōṇhī nāhīṃ. 3 There are numerous licentious formations with this word; as ḍhapaḷaśāī, phukaṭaśāī, bāgaśāī, laṅgaḍaśāī; of which the greater part will occur in order.
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saī (सई).—f ( A Right, correct, proper.) This word is constantly attached to notes, bonds, deeds &c., or uttered at the close of declarations or statements of terms, conditions, proposals &c. implying approval and acquiescence. It answers therefore to signature in writing, and to acceptance or agreement in oral communication. And it is used substantively, or in combination with karaṇēṃ or mhaṇaṇēṃ, and then also in certain figurative senses; as kōṇhī ēka māla saī karaṇēṃ or mhaṇaṇēṃ To approve of and agree to purchase (a commodity or piece of goods); killā, rājya &c. saī karaṇēṃ To agree to and accept, i. e. to overcome in battle &c. and make one's own (a fortress, a territory &c.); gāṃva, bandara &c. saī karaṇēṃ To reach, safely arrive at, make (a village, a port &c.) 2 Recollection, remembrance, memory of. 3 The slight concussion with its forehead against the forehead of the person caressing it, which a child is, in fondling and play, caused to make. v dē. 4 (Poetry. savayā S) A confidante or female companion. Ex. saī- saī gōvinda yētō || majavara gulāla ṭākitō. 5 R Surplus as remaining of a quantity of which the total consumption was expected; excess arising and appearing beyond the computation. v yē.
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saī (सई).—ind ( H) A particle of emphatic indication or concession. It expresses eagerness and even hurriedness of affirmation or admission of some point or matter, in order to a rapid transition onwards to something disputed, or to some new and contrary point to be declared and maintained. It may be rendered, sometimes, by the English words Indeed, in truth, aye, verily, of course, certainly; and, sometimes, by At least, well, to say no more. And, usually, it is preceded in construction by the particle or expletive tara. Ex. tō mūrkha tara saī parantu cōra nāhīṃ; hā mājhā ghōḍā laṅgaḍā tara saī paṇa tujhyā ghōḍyācē kāna kāpīla; pāūsa paḍalā saī parantu bhūī kāṃhīṃ bhijalī nāhīṃ; mī jātōṃ saī tyālā sāṅgatōṃ saī kaṣṭa karatōṃ saī paṇa anu- mātra lābha tara vhāyācā nāhīṃ; pantōjī kāḍhalā saī paṇa phaḷa kāya hā tyācē gharacā gulāma ālā; tū ādhīṃ māga tara saī maga tō dēō kīṃ na dēō; auṣadha khā tara saī maga guṇa tara pāhatōñca āhōnta.
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sāī (साई).—f (Or sāya) Cream. 2 fig. Any creamlike skimmings or layer.
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sāī (साई).—(svāmī S through H) A compellation of respect answering to Lord, master, sir. Esp. in the Carnatic.
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sai (सै).—f Preferably saī.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishśāī (शाई).—f Ink; a paste made of iron-rust. Sway. A people. a Relating to the rule of. Belonging to.
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saī (सई).—f Signature. Acceptance, agree- ment. Recollection. A female compa- nion. The slight concussion with its forehead against the forehead of the person caressing it, which a child is caused to make. v dē. māla saī karaṇēṃ or mhaṇaṇēṃ To approve of and agree to purchase (a commodity). killā, rājya &c. saī karaṇēṃ To overcome in battle and make one's own (a fortress, a terri- tory &c.) gāṃva, bandara &c. saī karaṇēṃ To reach, safely arrive at a village, a port &c.
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saī (सई).—ind A particle of emphatic indica- tion or concussion. It expresses eagerness of admission of some point in order to a rapid transition onward to something disputed. It is usually preceded by tara & may be rendered by Indeed, verily, certain- ly. Ex. tō mūrkha tara saī parantu cōra nāhīṃ, tūṃ ādhīṃ māga tara saī maga tō dēvō kīṃ na dēvō.
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sāī (साई).—f Cream, Fig. Any cream-like layer.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySai (सै).—1 P. (sāyati) To waste away, decline, perish.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚai (शै).—r. 1st cl. (śāyate) To go.
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Ṣai (षै).—r. 1st cl. (sāyati) To waste, to wane or decline.
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Sai (सै).—r. 1st cl. (sāyati) To waste, to decline; also ṣai .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚai (शै).—see śrā.
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Sai (सै).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To waste or decline.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śai (शै):—[varia lectio] for √śyai and śrai.
2) Sai (सै):—(cf. √3. sā, 1. so) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] sāyati, to waste away, decline, [Dhātupāṭha xxii, 18.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śai (शै):—(ṅa) śāyate 1. d. To go.
2) Ṣai (षै):—sāyati 1. a. To waste, to decline.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Śai (शै) [Also spelled shau]:—(nf) a thing, article, object.
2) Saī (सई):—(nm) prosperity; increase; effort; just —[(sahī); -saṃjha] just evening, as soon as it is evening; -[siphāriśa] manipulation, wirepulling.
3) Sāī (साई):—(nf) earnest money, security; advance (money to fix a deal).
4) Sai in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a needle; the hands of a watch/clock; —[ka kama] needle-work; —[ka naka] eye of a needle; —[ka bhala/phavada bana dena] to make a mountain of a molehill, to exaggerate no end; —[ke nake mem se umta/hathi nikalana] to perform a miracle/an impossible feat..—sai (सूई) is alternatively transliterated as Sūī.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Sai (सै) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Sakṛt.
2) Sai (सै) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Smṛti.
3) Saī (सई) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Śacī.
4) Saī (सई) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Satī.
5) Saī (सई) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Śatī.
6) Sāi (साइ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Śāyin.
7) Sāi (साइ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Sādi.
8) Sāi (साइ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Sāci.
9) Sāi (साइ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Svāti.
10) Sāi (साइ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Sādin.
11) Sāi (साइ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Sāti.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSai (ಸೈ):—
1) [adjective] not crooked, bent, bowed, curly, etc.; straight.
2) [adjective] suited to its purpose; appropriate; fitting; apt.
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Sai (ಸೈ):—
1) [noun] that which is straight.
2) [noun] a thing, action, etc. that is appropriate.
3) [noun] conduct according to moral principles; strict honesty; uprightness of character.
4) [noun] the quality of being appropriate; appropriateness; aptness.
5) [noun] beauty.
6) [noun] ಸೈ ಎನ್ನಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು [sai ennisikollu] sai ennisikoḷḷu to get appreciation for one’s merit, effort, etc.
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Sai (ಸೈ):—
1) [noun] the representation of one’s name, written by oneself in his or her own style, as a mark of acceptance, approval, etc.; signature.
2) [noun] a thing that has actually is or happened; the fact.
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Sai (ಸೈ):—
1) [adverb] in a straight line or direction; unswervingly.
2) [adverb] upright; in a honest, just manner.
3) [adverb] aptly; properly; appropriately.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconŚai (ஶை) . The compound of ஶ் [sh] and ஐ. [ai.]
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Ṣai (ஷை) . The compound of ஷ் [sh] and ஐ. [ai.]
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Sai (ஸை) . The compound of ஸ் [s] and ஐ. [ai.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with (+441): Saireyaka, Sairika, Sairiyaka, Saisumara, Saitana, Saitya, Saivala, Saivan, Shaiba, Shaibala, Shaibapatra, Shaibara, Shaibhya, Shaibi, Shaibika, Shaibja, Shaibya, Shaica Puda, Shaid, Shaida.
Ends with (+62): Abashai, Abbashai, Akabarashai, Apikshai, Astiraparikshai, Atipashai, Avakshai, Bagashai, Bharashai, Bhashai, Cakshushatikshai, Cicurushai, Cikshai, Cileshai, Coshai, Cucirushai, Cucurushai, Cuyapashai, Damashai, Dhabalashai.
Full-text (+94): Shadi, Saci, Shati, Sayin, Sai-thei, Baya, Taan saai, Sempakaghara, Sempakina, Thao saai thong loi, Sempaka, Sempaki, Sais, Svati, Lakhi Shai, Kaen-sai, Sai dai, Luccegiri, Sai khao, Kra-sai-kui.
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