As a deity name
Name 291 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
a gr˚ or exalted science
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahāvidyāyai" is the dative of "mahāvidyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mahā—vidyā f. a gr˚ or exalted science, MW.
N. of Lakṣmī, VP. (= viśva-rūpopāsanā Comm.)
Caveats
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