sandhya

[suhnd-yah]

noun

Hinduism.

1. a ritual of worship and meditation performed three times a day by Hindus of the higher castes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sandhya¹

First recorded in 1865–70, sandhya is from the Sanskrit word sandhyā

Example Sentences

Times staff writers Dakota Smith, Sandhya Kambhampati and Roger Vincent contributed to this report.

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Times data reporter Sandhya Kambhampati and researcher Scott Wilson contributed to this report.

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A policeman’s widow picks up her late husband’s badge in the noir-inflected thriller “Santosh” from British-Indian writer-director Sandhya Suri, whose background in documentary gives this moody character study slash crime procedural — and potent critique of institutional abuse in India — the air of something patiently witnessed as much as it is carefully crafted.

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“Santosh,” the United Kingdom’s submission for the international feature Oscar, originally was intended as a documentary, but it became Sandhya Suri’s feature debut instead.

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What did make it was British-Indian director Sandhya Suri's Hindi film Santosh, which had been picked as the UK's submission to the Oscars.

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