By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Chaya, ChAyA, Chaayaa
- shade; shadow
- resemblance; line; reflection; silhouette
- the daughter of Viśvakarmā (Vi. Pur.); a substitute wife of Sūrya and mother of Manu, Yama and Yāmī, Sāvarņi, Śani and Tāpanī (Hv. Pur.); a form of Durgā (A. Kośa).
