As a deity name
Name 289 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
‘the great world’, the earth (cf. urvī, pṛthivī), &c. &c. (in later language also = ground, soil, land, country)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahyai" is the dative of "mahī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mahyai" is the dative of "maha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mahyai" is the dative of "mahi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mahī (ī), f. See mahī, p. 803, col. 2.
1. mahī f. (cf. 2. mah), ‘the great world’, the earth (cf. urvī, pṛthivī), RV. &c. &c. (in later language also = ground, soil, land, country)
1. maha mfn. great, mighty, strong, abundant, RV.
maha m. (cf. makha, magha) a feast, festival, MBh.
1. mahi mfn. (only nom. acc. sg. n.) = mahat, great, RV.; AV.; VS.
mahi ind. greatly, very, exceedingly, much, ib.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
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