As a deity name
Name 888 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
shame, modesty, bashfulness, embarrassment (also Shame personified as the wife of Dharma and mother of Vinaya), &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lajjāyai" is the dative of "lajjā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "lajjāyai" is the dative of "lajja" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
lajjā f. See below.
lajjā f. shame, modesty, bashfulness, embarrassment (also Shame personified as the wife of Dharma and mother of Vinaya), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
lajja m. N. of a man
pl. his descendants, Vop.
Caveats
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