As a deity name
Name 656 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
the hair twisted together (as worn by ascetics, by Śiva, and persons in mourning), (ifc. ā, ) &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jaṭāyai" is the dative of "jaṭā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "jaṭāyai" is the dative of "jaṭa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
jaṭā f. the hair twisted together (as worn by ascetics, by Śiva, and persons in mourning), PārGṛ. ii, 6; Mn. vi, 6; MBh. (ifc. f(ā). , iii, 16137) &c.
a fibrous root, root (in general), Bhpr. v, 111; ŚārṅgS. i, 46 and 58
jaṭa mfn. wearing twisted locks of hair g. arśa-ādi
jaṭa m. metrically for ˚ṭā, Hariv. 9551
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