As a deity name
Name 809 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
a species of bulbous plant
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahāvīrāyai" is the dative of "mahāvīrā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mahāvīrāyai" is the dative of "mahāvīra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mahā—vīrā f. a species of bulbous plant, L.
mahā—vīra m. a gr˚ hero, RV.; Kathās.; Tantras.
N. of Viṣṇu, DhyānabUp.
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