As a deity name
Name 173 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 surrounding wall, a wall, any place surrounded by walls (as a courtyard, a secluded portion of a building, a private chamber or room in general), &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kakṣāyai" is the dative of "kakṣā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kakṣāyai" is the dative of "kakṣa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kakṣā f. painful boils in the armpit, Suśr.
a surrounding wall, a wall, any place surrounded by walls (as a courtyard, a secluded portion of a building, a private chamber or room in general), MBh.; BhP.; Mn. &c.
kakṣa m. (√ kaṣ, Uṇ. iii, 62; cf. √ kac), lurking-place, hiding-place, RV. x, 28, 4; VS. xi, 79
a wood, large wood (?), RV. vi, 45, 31
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