As a deity name
Name 183 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 773 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
a kind of perfume (a species of dried shell-fish, commonly Nathi)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kūṭasthāyai" is the dative of "kūṭastha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
kūṭa—stha mfn. standing at the top, keeping the highest position Comm. on ŚBr. i, 4, 2, 4
standing in a multitude of or in the midst of (in comp.), BhP. i, 11, 36
Caveats
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