As a deity name
Name 376 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 385 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
‘great intelligence’, N. of Durgā
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahāmedhāyai" is the dative of "mahāmedhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mahāmedhāyai" is the dative of "mahāmedha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mahā—medhā f. ‘great intelligence’, N. of Durgā, MārkP.
mahā—medha m. a gr˚ sacrifice, MBh.
Caveats
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