As a deity name
Name 88 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / 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
(gaṇas vṛṣādi and bhidādi) a hiding-place, cave, cavern, &c. (ifc. ā, and )
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "guhāyai" is the dative of "guhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "guhāyai" is the dative of "guha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
guhā (instr. of 2. guh)
(2. guhā), f. (gaṇas vṛṣādi and bhidādi) a hiding-place, cave, cavern, VS. xxx, 16; TBr. i; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Hcat. i, 7 and 10)
guha m. (g. aśmādi) ‘reared in a secret place’, N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya), MBh. iii, ix, xiii; Hariv. 10478; Suśr.; Kum. &c.
N. of Śiva, MBh. xiii, 1263
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