As a deity name
Name 370 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
मृगया · noun · masculine
शिकार । अहेर । आखेट — Śabdasāgara
मृगया · mr̤igayā · s.f.
Hunting, the chase — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1025
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
hunting, the chase (acc. with √ at, gam, car &c. dat. with √ yā, nir-√ yā and vi√ har, to go hunting), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mṛgayā" is the instrumental of "mṛgā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mṛgayā" is the feminine form of "mṛgaya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "mṛgayā" is the instrumental of "mṛga" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mṛgayā , (ā), f., see below.
mṛgayā f. hunting, the chase (acc. with √ at, gam, car &c. dat. with √ yā, nir-√ yā and vi√ har, to go hunting), Mn.; MBh. &c.
Chase personified (as one of the attendants of Revanta), VarBṛS.
mṛgayā [mṛgaṃ yātyanayā yā ghañartha ka] Hunting, chase; mithyaiva vyasanaṃ vadaṃti mṛgayamīdṛgvinodaḥ kutaḥ Ś. 2. 5; mṛgayāpavādinā māṭhavyena Ś. 2; so mṛgayāveṣa. mṛgayāvihārin &c. Comp. — araṇyaṃ, -banaṃ a park. — yānaṃ a hunting expedition.
mṛgayā f. (-yā) Chase, hunting. E. mṛga to search or seek, yat aff., deriv. irr.
mṛgā (ā), f. = mṛga-vīthī, L.
mṛgaya m. N. of a demon conquered by Indra, RV.
mṛga m. (prob. ‘ranger’, ‘rover’) a forest animal or wild beast, game of any kind, (esp.) a deer, fawn, gazelle, antelope, stag, musk-deer, RV. &c. &c.
the deer or antelope in the moon (i.e. the spots on the disk supposed to resemble those of an antelope as well as a hare)
Alternative readings
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