As a deity name
Name 320 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
N. of a river
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahāpuṇyāyai" is the dative of "mahāpuṇyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mahāpuṇyāyai" is the dative of "mahāpuṇya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mahā—puṇyā f. N. of a river, Cat.
mahā—puṇya mf(ā)n. extremely favourable or auspicious (as a day), Hcat.
very good or beautiful
Caveats
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