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