As a deity name
Name 242 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
the nose, of a bull,.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghrāṇāyai" is the dative of "ghrāṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "ghrāṇāyai" is the dative of "ghrāṇa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
ghrāṇā f. the nose, VarBṛS. of a bull, lxi, 15.
ghrāṇa mfn. (viii, 2, 56) smelled, L.
smelling (ghrātṛ), L.
Caveats
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