As a deity name
Name 771 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 mystical ceremony (the initiation of the Tantrika student in which the goddess Durgā is supposed to be transferred from the water-jar to the body of the novice)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kalāvatyai" is the dative of "kalāvatī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kalāvatyai" is the dative of "kalāvat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "kalāvat" is derived from "kalā" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kalā f. See kalā below.
kalā f. (etym. doubtful) a small part of anything, any single part or portion of a whole, esp. a sixteenth part, RV. viii, 47, 17; TS.; ŚBr.; Mn. &c.
kalā—vat m. ‘having digits’, the moon, Kum.
kalāvat a. Versed in the(64) arts; Māl. 2. 10. — m. The moon (having digits); Ku. 5. 71; Māl. 2. 10.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kalā—vatī f. a mystical ceremony (the initiation of the Tantrika student in which the goddess Durgā is supposed to be transferred from the water-jar to the body of the novice), Tantras.
(in mus.) a particular Mūrchanā
kalā—vat m. ‘having digits’, the moon, Kum.
kalāvat a. Versed in the(64) arts; Māl. 2. 10. — m. The moon (having digits); Ku. 5. 71; Māl. 2. 10.
kalā f. See kalā below.
kalā f. (etym. doubtful) a small part of anything, any single part or portion of a whole, esp. a sixteenth part, RV. viii, 47, 17; TS.; ŚBr.; Mn. &c.
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