As a deity name
Name 14 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 33 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 155 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 15 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
Nom. P., only p. ˚yat = ˚vayat, and
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "devāya" is the dative of "deva" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
devāya Nom. P., only p. ˚yat = ˚vayat, Maitr. and KapS.; Kāṭh.
deva mf(ī)n. (fr. 3. div) heavenly, divine (also said of terrestrial things of high excellence), RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr. (superl. m. deva-tama, RV. iv, 22, 3 &c.; f. devi-tamā, ii, 41, 16)
deva m. (according to Pāṇ. iii, 3, 120 deva) a deity, god, RV. &c. &c.
Alternative readings
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