evening, only adverbially sāyaṃ, at night Vin.iii.147; Ja.ii.83; Dhp-a.i.234; usually opposed to pāto (pātaṃ) in the morning early e.g. sāya-pātaṃ DN.ii.188; Mil.419; Ja.i.432, Ja.i.460 Ja.v.462; sāyaṃ-pātaṃ Vin.ii.185; Dhp-a.ii.66; sāyañ ca pāto ca Pv.i.6#3; Pv.ii.9#37; Pv-a.127; sāya-tatiyaka for the third time in the evening DN.i.167; AN.ii.206; AN.v.263, AN.v.266 AN.v.268; MN.i.343; sāyamāsa supper Ja.i.297; Ja.v.461; Dhp-a.i.204. sāyaṃ as quâsi-nominative: sāyaṃ ahosi Ja.vi.505 atisāyaṃ too late Thag.231; Ja.ii.362; Ja.v.94; sāyataraṃ later in the evening (compar.) Ja.vi.366.

cp. Sk. sāyaṃ, on which Aufrecht, Halāyudha p. 380, remarks: “this word seems to be the gerund of sā, and to have signified originally ʻhaving finished.’ A masc sāya does not exist.” Cp. Vedic ˚sāya