अक्षया akṣayā
girl 3 syllables SLP1 akzayA

As a deity name

Name 489 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

As a Hindi name

अक्षया · noun · feminine

एक पुण्य तिथि — Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "अक्षया" is अक्षय + -आ: अक्षय means "exempt from decay, undecaying", 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

Cited formation "अक्षया" is अक्षय + -आ: अक्षय means "exempt from decay, undecaying", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table

Cited formation "अक्षया" is अ- + क्षया: क्षया means "Decaying, perishable, liable to destruction", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

the seventh day of a lunar month, if it falls on Sunday or Monday

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "akṣayā" is the feminine form of "akṣaya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).

M1 · same meaning "akṣayā" is the instrumental of "akṣa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · अक्षया

a-kṣayā f. the seventh day of a lunar month, if it falls on Sunday or Monday

Monier-Williams (1899) · अक्षया

the fourth, if it fall on Wednesday.

Monier-Williams (1899) · अक्षय (linked stem)

a-kṣaya mf(ā)n. exempt from decay, undecaying

Monier-Williams (1899) · अक्षय (linked stem)

a-kṣaya m. N. of the twentieth year in the cycle of Jupiter

Monier-Williams (1899) · अक्ष (linked stem)

1. akṣa m. an axle, axis (in this sense also n., L.)

Monier-Williams (1899) · अक्ष (linked stem)

a wheel, car, cart

Alternative readings

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