As a deity name
Name 447 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
terrible, dreadful, &c. &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhīṣmāyai" is the dative of "bhīṣma" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
Monier-Williams (1899) · भीष्म (linked stem)
bhīṣma mfn. terrible, dreadful, ŚBr. &c. &c.
Monier-Williams (1899) · भीष्म (linked stem)
bhīṣma m. (scil. rasa) = bhīṣaṇa, MW.
Caveats
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