As a deity name
Name 757 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
pity, compassion, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "karuṇāyai" is the dative of "karuṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "karuṇāyai" is the dative of "karuṇa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
karuṇā (ā), f. pity, compassion, BhP.; Ragh.; Pañcat. &c.
one of the four Brahma-vihāras (Buddh.)
karuṇa mf(ā)n. (√ 1. kṝ, Uṇ. iii, 53; but in some of its meanings fr. √ 1. kṛ), mournful, miserable, lamenting, MBh.; Daś. &c.
compassionate, BhP.
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