As a deity name
Name 857 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
‘fork (?)’, arm, hand
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gabhastaye" is the dative of "gabhasti" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gabhastaye" is the dative of "gabhastī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
gabhasti m. ‘fork (?)’, arm, hand, RV.; ŚBr. iv, 1, 1, 9
(Naigh. i, 5) a ray of light, sunbeam, MBh.; R.; Pañcat. &c.
gabhastī f. N. of a river, VP. ii, 4, 36
Caveats
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