As a deity name
Name 792 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
pl. of his descendants
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahākanyāyai" is the dative of "mahākanya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
Monier-Williams (1899) · महाकन्य (linked stem)
mahā—kanya m. N. of a man
Monier-Williams (1899) · महाकन्य (linked stem)
pl. of his descendants, Pravar.
Caveats
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