As a deity name
Name 670 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
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
pleasing or dear to the heart, beloved, cherished
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hṛdyāya" is the dative of "hṛdya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "hṛdya" is derived from "hṛd" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
hṛd n. (optionally substituted for hṛdaya in the weak cases i.e. in all except the first five inflexions; thought to be connected with śrad, q.v.) the heart (as the seat of feelings and emotions), soul, mind (as seat of thought and intellectual operations; hṛdy avedin, ‘having no capacity of knowledge in the heart or mind’, said of animals), breast, chest, stomach, interior (also in older language, ‘interior of the body’), RV.; &c.
hṛd [cf. Gk. καρδία, κραδίη; Lat. cor (cordis); Germ. Herz; Eng. heart.]
hṛdya mf(ā)n. being in the heart, internal, inward, inmost, innermost, RV.
pleasing or dear to the heart, beloved, cherished, RV.; TBr.; BhP.
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Dictionary citations
hṛdya mf(ā)n. being in the heart, internal, inward, inmost, innermost, RV.
pleasing or dear to the heart, beloved, cherished, RV.; TBr.; BhP.
hṛd n. (optionally substituted for hṛdaya in the weak cases i.e. in all except the first five inflexions; thought to be connected with śrad, q.v.) the heart (as the seat of feelings and emotions), soul, mind (as seat of thought and intellectual operations; hṛdy avedin, ‘having no capacity of knowledge in the heart or mind’, said of animals), breast, chest, stomach, interior (also in older language, ‘interior of the body’), RV.; &c.
hṛd [cf. Gk. καρδία, κραδίη; Lat. cor (cordis); Germ. Herz; Eng. heart.]
Alternative readings
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