As a deity name
Name 843 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 951 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 997 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 832 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
inconceivable, surpassing thought, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
a-cintya mfn. inconceivable, surpassing thought, MaitrS. &c.
a-cintya m. N. of Śiva.
acintya mfn. (-ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ) Inconceivable, unimaginable, incomprehensible. E. a neg. cintya conceivable.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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