बुद्धाय buddhāya
3 syllables SLP1 budDAya

As a deity name

Name 243 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages

Name 472 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages

Name 742 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages

Name 791 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of 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

a fully enlightened man who has achieved perfect knowledge of the truth and thereby is liberated from all existence and before his own attainment of Nirvāṇa reveals the method of o…

Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)

Why this matches what you typed

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

Dictionary citations

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

buddha buddhi. See cols. 2 and 3.

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

buddha mfn. awakened, awake, MBh.

Alternative readings

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Caveats

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