The corpus record — Pali
Chāyā
feminine shade, shadow SN.i.72 , SN.i.93 ; MN.ii.235 ; MN.iii.164 ; AN.ii.114 ; Snp.1014 ; Dhp.2 ; Ja.ii.302 Ja.iv.304 ; Ja.v.445 ; Mil.90 , Mil.298 ; Dhp-a.i.35 ; Pv-a.12 , Pv-a.32 , Pv-a.45 Pv-a.81 , etc ■ Yakkhas have none; Ja.v.34 ; Ja.vi.337 . chāyā is frequent in similes: see J.P.T.S. 1907, 87
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feminine shade, shadow SN.i.72, SN.i.93; MN.ii.235; MN.iii.164; AN.ii.114; Snp.1014; Dhp.2; Ja.ii.302 Ja.iv.304; Ja.v.445; Mil.90, Mil.298; Dhp-a.i.35; Pv-a.12, Pv-a.32, Pv-a.45 Pv-a.81, etc
■ Yakkhas have none; Ja.v.34; Ja.vi.337. chāyā is frequent in similes: see J.P.T.S. 1907, 87.
Vedic chāyā, light & shade; *skei (cp. (s)qait σκιά & σκοιόςskia/ & skoio/s; Goth. skeinan See note on kāla, vol. ii. p. 382
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