As a deity name
Name 198 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
कायस्था · noun · feminine
कायस्थ की स्त्री · हरीतकी । हड़ · आँवला — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कायस्था" is कायस्थ + -आ: कायस्थ means "Kayastha (member of the Kayastha caste)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "कायस्था" is कायस्थ + -आ: कायस्थ means "Kayastha (member of the Kayastha caste)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a woman of that caste
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kāyasthā" is the feminine form of "kāyastha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
kāya—sthā f. a woman of that caste, L.
Myrobalanus Chebula, L.
Emblica officinalis, Bhpr.
Ocimum sanctum, L.
a drug (commonly Kākolī), L.
kāya—stha m. ‘dwelling in the body’, the Supreme Spirit, L.
a particular caste or man of that caste, the Kāyath or writer caste (born from a Kṣatriya father and Śūdra mother), Yājñ.; Mṛcch. &c.
Alternative readings
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