As a deity name
Name 188 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
low, dwarfish
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kharvāyai" is the dative of "kharva" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
Monier-Williams (1899) · खर्व (linked stem)
kharva mfn. (cf. a-, tri-) mutilated, crippled, injured, imperfect, TS. ii, 5, 1, 7
Monier-Williams (1899) · खर्व (linked stem)
low, dwarfish, L.
Caveats
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