As a deity name
Name 408 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
attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to (with loc., gen. or ifc.), trust, homage, worship, piety, faith or love or devotion (as a religious principle or means of salvation…
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhaktyai" is the dative of "bhakti" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
bhakti f. distribution, partition, separation, RV.; TāṇḍBr. &c. (cf. kṣetra-, bhaṅgī-bh˚)
a division, portion, share, AitBr.
Caveats
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