As a deity name
Name 802 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
मलना
to rub; to anoint
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-Iranian *marH- Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-influ. Sanskrit मॄ (mṝ) Sanskrit *मलति (*malati) Prakrit 𑀫𑀮𑀇 (malaï) Hindi मलना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀮𑀇 (malaï), from Sanskrit *मलति (*malati), from मॄ (mṝ, “to crush”), from Proto-…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Ipomoea Turpethum
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M1 · same meaning "malayāyai" is the dative of "malayā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "malayāyai" is the dative of "malaya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
malayā f. Ipomoea Turpethum, L.
N. of a woman, Vās., Introd.
malaya m. (Uṇ. iv, 99) N. of a mountain range on the west of Malabar, the western Ghāts (abounding in sandal trees), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
of the country Malabar and (pl.) its inhabitants, ib.
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