As a deity name
Name 774 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
the wife of a garland-maker or gardener, female florist
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mālinyai" is the dative of "mālinī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mālinyai" is the dative of "mālin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mālinī f. See next.
mālinī f. the wife of a garland-maker or gardener, female florist, Pañcat.
mālin mfn. garlanded, crowned, encircled or surrounded by (instr. or comp.), Āpast.; MBh. &c.
mālin m. a gardener, florist (cf. f.)
Caveats
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