As a deity name
Name 394 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 244 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 776 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 786 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya 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
Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to turn into nectar, (p. ˚yamāna) to be like nectar
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "amṛtāya" is the dative of "amṛta" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
amṛtāya Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to turn into nectar, Kād.; (p. ˚yamāna) to be like nectar, Ragh. ii, 61.
a-mṛta mfn. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 2, 116) not dead, MBh.
immortal, RV. &c.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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