As a deity name
Name 915 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 960 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
याम्या · noun · feminine
दक्षिण दिशा · भरणी नक्षत्र — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "याम्या" is याम्य + -आ: याम्य means "चंदन", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "याम्या" is याम्य + -आ: याम्य means "चंदन", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
night, (cf. under yāmya, p. 851, col. 3).
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yāmyā" is the instrumental of "yāmī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "yāmyā" is the feminine form of "yāmya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "yāmyā" is the instrumental of "yāmi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
yāmyā f. night, L. (cf. under yāmya, p. 851, col. 3).
yāmyā (ā), f. (cf. yāmyā on p. 850, col. 1) the southern quarter, south, Hariv.; R.; Var. &c. (also with diś or āsā)
= n., VP.
yāmyā 1 The south. 2 Night.
yāmī (ī), f. N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (wife of Dharma or Manu; sometimes written yāmi), Hariv.; Pur.
of an Apsaras, Hariv.
yāmya mf(ā)n. relating or belonging to Yama, GṛŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
southern, southerly (also applied to a kind of fever; ˚ye ind. or ˚yena ind. in the south or to the south), TS. &c. &c.
1. yāmi (for 2. See p. 851, col. 3) = yāmī; See under 1. yāma.
2. yāmi f. (or ˚mī) (for 1. See p. 850, col. 1) = jāmi (Uṇ. iv, 43, Sch.), a sister, female relation, Mn. iv, 180, 183 (v.l. jāmi), MārkP.
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