As a deity name
Name 288 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
moving any limb, gesture, &c. (ifc. )
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ceṣṭāyai" is the dative of "ceṣṭā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "ceṣṭāyai" is the dative of "ceṣṭa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
ceṣṭā f. (Pāṇ. ii, 3, 12) moving any limb, gesture, Mn. vii f.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c. (ifc. Ragh. ii, 43)
action, activity, effort, endeavour, exertion, ĀśvŚr. i; ŚvetUp. ii, 9 (ifc.), Mn. iv, 65; Bhag. &c.
ceṣṭa m. ‘moving’, a kind of fish (tapasvin), L.
ceṣṭa n. moving the limbs, gesture, Mn. vii, 63
Caveats
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