As a deity name
Name 310 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
a harlot
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "chinnāyai" is the dative of "chinnā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "chinnāyai" is the dative of "chinna" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
chinnā (ā), f. a harlot, L.
= ˚nnodbhavā, Bhpr. v, 3, 6 (cf. a-, reṣma-).
chinna mfn. cut off, cut, divided, torn, cut through, perforated, AV. &c.
opened (a wound), Suśr.
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