As a deity name
Name 740 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
doing, performing, performance, occupation with (in comp.), business, act, action, undertaking, activity, work, labour, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kriyāyai" is the dative of "kriyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kriyāyai" is the dative of "kriya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kriyā f. (Pāṇ. iii, 3, 100), doing, performing, performance, occupation with (in comp.), business, act, action, undertaking, activity, work, labour, KātyŚr.; Mn.; Yājñ. &c.
bodily action, exercise of the limbs, L.
kriya m. (borrowed fr. Gk.κριός.) the sign Aries, VarBṛ. i, iii, x, xvii; Gaṇit.; Horāś.
kriya m. (-yaḥ) The sign Aries. E. kṛ to do, śa aff.
Caveats
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