As a deity name
Name 994 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
a river
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hiraṇyavarṇāyai" is the dative of "hiraṇyavarṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "hiraṇyavarṇāyai" is the dative of "hiraṇyavarṇa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
hiraṇya—varṇā (ā), f. a river, L.
hiraṇyavarṇā f. (-rṇā) A river in general. E. hiraṇya gold, and varṇa colour.
hiraṇya—varṇa (hiraṇya-), mf(ā)n. g˚-coloured, g˚-like, RV.; AV.; TBr. &c.
containing the word hiraṇya-varṇa (as a verse), TS.; Kauś.; Baudh.
Caveats
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