Re: Name Change!
hariḥ oṁ
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A bit more on this name, if there is interest.
chāya छाय (masculine) and chāyā छाया ( feminine ) - is defined as granting shade , it also means shadow. Where this word gets a slight blemish is from 'shadow', like saṃjñā wife of the sun and mother of the planet saturn. That is, she was daughter of tvaṣṭṛ or viśva-karman and the wife of the sun and mother of manu , yama and yamī. There is some general dis-comfort with saturn or śani , the slow moving one, and yama ( his other name). It also means nightmare, bribe, and small.
Now sometimes people look at this chāya as shading or blending of colors , play of light or colors , luster , light , color of the face , complexion , features.
This word can also mean shelter or protection. It is associated with kātyāyanī. Who is this ? One of the two wives of yājñavalkya the sage. It can also be a name of ma durgā.
Kātyāyanī is the descendant of kati . The author of several works on ritual & grammar. He is the author of the vārttikas or critical annotations on the aphorisms of pāṇini , of the yajur-veda prātiśākhya , and of the śrauta-sūtras , and is identified with vara-ruci , the author of the prākṛta-prakāśa.
So this name chāya has vast meaning and due to the richness of saṃskṛtam, it has many sides.
praṇām
Last edited by yajvan; 29 December 2011 at 05:45 PM.
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