As a deity name
Name 470 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
preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony, undertaking religious observances for a partic. purpose and the observances themselves, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dīkṣāyai" is the dative of "dīkṣā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dīkṣā f. preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony, undertaking religious observances for a partic. purpose and the observances themselves, AV.; VS.; Br.; ŚrS. &c.
dedication, initiation (personified as the wife of Soma, RV. 25, 26, of Rudra Ugra or R˚ Vāmadeva, Pur.)
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