As a deity name
Name 178 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
the first day of the first quarter (on which the moon rises invisible)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kuhvai" is the dative of "kuhū" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kuhvai" is the dative of "kuhu" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. kuhū ūs, f. (fr. √ kuh = guh?), the new moon (personified as a daughter of Aṅgiras), AV.; Kāṭh.; TS.; AitBr. &c.
the first day of the first quarter (on which the moon rises invisible), W.
1. kuhu m. N. of a particular weight, Hcat.
kuhu f. (= 1. kuhu) the new moon, Pāṇ.; Siddh.
Caveats
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