As a deity name
Name 795 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
आना · masculine
coming, arrival
आना · masculine
an anna (¹⁄₁₆ of an Indian rupee); one sixteenth of any item
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit आपयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- Sanskrit आप् (āp) Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Sanskrit -अयति (-ayati) Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati) Prakrit आवेइ (āvei) Hindi आना Inherited from Old Hindi आना (ānā), आवनां (āvanāṃ), from Prakrit आवइ (āvaï), आवेइ (āve…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit अन्न — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
anna mfn. (√ ad), eaten, L.
anna (annam), n. food or victuals, especially boiled rice
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a priest who is closely related to the Sadasya (perhaps because this office was generally held by a descendant of Atri)
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ātreyāya" is the dative of "ātreya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
ātreya m. (Pāṇ. iv, 1, 122 Comm.) a descendant of Atri, ŚBr. xiv, &c.
N. of a physician, Bhpr.
Alternative readings
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