andolaya

 In Sanskrit, andolaya means “to swing” or “to agitate,” functioning as a verb form (andolayati) meaning to cause something to move back and forth.

Core meaning

Multiple authoritative Sanskrit dictionaries define andolaya (अन्दोलय) as a denominative verb meaning:

• “to swing”
• “to agitate” / “to shake”
• “to cause to oscillate”

This meaning is explicitly given in:

• Sanskritdictionary.com: “andolayati — to agitate, to swing”

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• Wisdom Library’s entry for Andolay: “andolayati — to swing”

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Related forms and nuances

The term appears in several closely related verbal forms:

• andolayati — “he/she/it swings, agitates”

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• andolita — “swung, shaken, oscillated” (past participle)

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• āndolayati — a prefixed variant with the same meaning

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These forms all derive from the root idea of oscillation or rhythmic movement.

Etymological note

A longer historical dictionary entry describes andolaya as a denominative verb derived from andola, connected with the sense of swinging or oscillation

sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de

. This supports the same core meaning found in the shorter lexicons.

Summary

andolaya (अन्दोलय) in Sanskrit means:

• to swing, to rock, to shake, or to agitate—especially in the sense of causing rhythmic or oscillatory movement.