As a deity name
Name 71 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
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
Readable by grammar as brahmavidyā + pradāyinī — “pradāyaka Granting of sacred knowledge”.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member pradAyinI unglossed)Why this matches what you typed
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