As a deity name
Name 634 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
a bow-string, βιός; &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jyāyai" is the dative of "jyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "jyāyai" is the dative of "jya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. jyā (cf. √ ji) cl. 9. P. jināti (Pot. ˚nīyāt; p. ˚nat; pf. jijyau; fut. jyāsyati, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 16 f.; ind.p. -jyāya, 42) Ved. to overpower, oppress, deprive any one (acc.) of property (acc.), RV.; AV. &c.; (derived fr. jyāyas, ‘senior’) to become old, Dhātup. xxxi, 29 : cl. 4. Ā. jīyate or Pass. ˚yate, Ved. to be oppressed or treated badly, be deprived of property (or everything, sarva-jyānim, TS. vii), RV. &c.: Caus. jyāpayati, to call any one old, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 21; Siddh. 46 : Desid. (p. jijyāsat) to wish to overpower, RV. x, 152, 5 : Intens. jejīyate, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 16, Kāś.; cf. pari-; βιάω.
2. jyā f. = βία, see parama-jyā
jya , jyakā See √ 1. jyā and 3. jyā.
jya mfn. ifc. ‘oppressing’, see brahma-jya.
Caveats
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