As a deity name
Name 566 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / 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
one of the female domestic deities of the Jainas
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ambikāyai" is the dative of "ambikā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "ambikāyai" is the dative of "ambika" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "ambika" is derived from "ambi" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
ambi f. mother, RV. i, 23, 16 : Superl. voc. ambitame, O dearest mother! RV. ii, 41, 16, (cf. ambī.)
ambika m. N. of a man, Kāṭh.; Anukr.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
ambikā f. (voc. ambike), mother, good woman (as a term of respect), VS. & TS. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 118), Pāṇ. vii, 3, 107 Comm. (voc. ˚ke) & Kāś. (in Veda voc. optionally ˚ka and ˚ke)
a N. applied to the harvest (as the most productive season), Kāṭh.
ambika m. N. of a man, Kāṭh.; Anukr.
ambi f. mother, RV. i, 23, 16 : Superl. voc. ambitame, O dearest mother! RV. ii, 41, 16, (cf. ambī.)
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