As a deity name
Name 287 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
ardent spirits
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahānandāyai" is the dative of "mahānandā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mahānandāyai" is the dative of "mahānanda" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mahā—˚nandā f. ardent spirits, L.
a species of plant (= ārāma-śītalā), L.
mahā˚nanda m. (˚hān˚ or ˚hā-n˚) gr˚ bliss (-tva n. state of great bliss), Up.
the gr˚ joy of deliverance from further transmigration, final emancipation, L.
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