As a deity name
Name 48 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
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
the earth
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ādyāyai" is the dative of "ādyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "ādyāyai" is the dative of "ādya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
ādyā (ā), f. N. of Durgā
the earth, L.
1. ādya mf(ā)n. [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 54] being at the beginning, first, primitive, KātyŚr.; Hit.; Śak. &c.
ifc. (= ˚ādi, q.v.), Mn. i, 50, 63, &c.
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