As a deity name
Name 125 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 712 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 734 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
betel-pepper
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kāmadāyai" is the dative of "kāmadā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kāmadāyai" is the dative of "kāmada" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kāma—dā f. = -dhenu, R. i, 53, 20
betel-pepper, Npr.
kāma—da mf(ā)n. giving what is wished, granting desires, R.; Kathās. &c.
N. of the sun, MBh. iii, 154
Caveats
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