As a deity name
Name 249 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by 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
repetition of a word (in reciting the Veda, esp. while adding iti)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "carcāyai" is the dative of "carcā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "carcāyai" is the dative of "carca" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
carcā f. (Pāṇ. iii, 3, 105; g. ukthādi) repetition of a word (in reciting the Veda, esp. while adding iti), VPrāt.; APrāt.; Hcat.
= ˚rca (with gen. or ifc.), Naiṣ. v, 38; Siṃhās.; Hit.
carca m. ‘repeating over in thought’, considering, deliberation, L., Sch.
carca r. 1st and 6th cls. (carcati) 1 To speak or say. 2 To abuse, to reprove, to censure or condemn. 3 To injure or hurt. 4 To inquire. r. 10th cl. (carcayati) To read over, to peruse carefully, to study; also read carcca.
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