As a deity name
Name 993 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages 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
‘treasure of mercy’, a very compassionate person.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dayānidhaye" is the dative of "dayānidhi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dayā—nidhi m. ‘treasure of mercy’, a very compassionate person.
Caveats
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