बहुरूपायै bahurūpāyai
5 syllables SLP1 bahurUpAyE

As a deity name

Name 509 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

N. of one of the seven tongues of fire

Scripturally attested

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "bahurūpāyai" is the dative of "bahurūpā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M1 · same meaning "bahurūpāyai" is the dative of "bahurūpa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M3 · meaning shifts "bahurūpa" is derived from "bahu" with the rūpap suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.

the base — बहु

bahu mf(vī or u)n. much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous, great or considerable in quantity (n. also as subst. with gen.), RV. (rarely in Maṇḍ. i-ix), AV. &c. &c. (tadbahu-yad, ‘it is a great matter that’, MBh.; tvayā me bahu kṛtaṃ-yad, ‘you have done me a great service by — or that —’, Nal.; kim bahunā, ‘what occasion is there for much talk?’ i.e. ‘in short’, Śak.; Hit.)

abounding or rich in (instr.), ŚBr.

your form — बहुरूपायै

bahu—rūpa mf(ā)n. multiform, variegated, checkered

manifold, VS. &c. &c.

Related forms

  • बहुरूपा bahurūpā M1 · same meaning
  • बहुरूप bahurūpa M1 · same meaning
  • बहु bahu M3 · meaning shifts

Dictionary citations

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

bahu—rūpā (ā), f. N. of one of the seven tongues of fire, L.

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

bahu—rūpa mf(ā)n. multiform, variegated, checkered

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

manifold, VS. &c. &c.

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

bahu mf(vī or u)n. much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous, great or considerable in quantity (n. also as subst. with gen.), RV. (rarely in Maṇḍ. i-ix), AV. &c. &c. (tadbahu-yad, ‘it is a great matter that’, MBh.; tvayā me bahu kṛtaṃ-yad, ‘you have done me a great service by — or that —’, Nal.; kim bahunā, ‘what occasion is there for much talk?’ i.e. ‘in short’, Śak.; Hit.)

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

abounding or rich in (instr.), ŚBr.

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