Sāya
Sāya,[cp.Sk.sāyaṁ,on which Aufrecht,Halāyudha p.380,remarks:“this word seems to be the gerund of sā,and to have signified originally “having finished.” A masc.sāya does not exist.” Cp.Vedic °sāya] evening,only adverbially sāyaṁ,at night Vin.III,147; J.II,83; DhA.I,234; usually opposed to pāto (pātaṁ) in the morning,early e.g.sāya-pātaṁ D.II,188; Miln.419; J.I,432,460; V,462; sāyaṁ-pātaṁ Vin.II,185; DhA.II,66; sāyañ ca pāto ca Pv.I,63; II,937; PvA.127; sāya-tatiyaka for the third time in the evening D.I,167; A.II,206; V,263,266,268; M.I,343; sāyamāsa supper J.I,297; V,461; DhA.I,204.sāyaṁ as quâsi-nominative:sāyaṁ ahosi J.VI,505; atisāyaṁ too late Th.1,231; J.II,362; V,94; sāyataraṁ later in the evening (compar.) J.VI,366.(Page 705)