जगन्नाथाय jagannāthāya
5 syllables SLP1 jagannATAya

As a deity name

Name 120 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages

Name 755 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages

Name 988 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees

Name 289 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

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

‘world-lord’, Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa

Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (7)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "jagannāthāya" is the dative of "jagannātha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · जगन्नाथ (linked stem)

jagan—nātha m. ‘world-lord’, Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, MBh. ii, 779; iii, 15529

Monier-Williams (1899) · जगन्नाथ (linked stem)

Rāma (as incarnation of Viṣṇu), R. i, 19, 3

Alternative readings

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Caveats

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