As a deity name
Name 478 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
prize-giving, giving booty or treasures, (cf. -da).
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhanadāyai" is the dative of "dhanadā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dhanadāyai" is the dative of "dhanada" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
dhana—dā f. N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, MBh.
of a Tantra deity, Tantras.
dhana—da mf(ā)n. ‘w˚-giving’, liberal, Kām.
dhana—da m. Barringtonia Acutangula, L.
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