As a deity name
Name 497 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
a lotus, Nelumbium Speciosum (the plant or its stalk), an assemblage of l˚ flowers or a l˚ pond, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nalinyai" is the dative of "nalinī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. nalinī f. (fr. nalina above or fr. nala ‘lotus’ as ab-jinī fr. ab-ja, padminī fr. padma &c.) a lotus, Nelumbium Speciosum (the plant or its stalk), an assemblage of l˚ flowers or a l˚ pond, MBh.; Kāv.; Pur. &c.
the Ganges of heaven or rather an arm of it, ib.
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