As a deity name
Name 308 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
One of the courtezans of Svarga, and wife to Himālaya. E. me to me, kā any one, na not, (equal or comparable.)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "menakāyai" is the dative of "menakā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
menakā f. N. of the daughter of Vṛṣaṇ-aśva, ṢaḍvBr.
of an Apsaras (wife of Hima-vat), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
Caveats
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