As a deity name
Name 381 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 496 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 kind of plant
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "narmadāyai" is the dative of "narmadā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "narmadāyai" is the dative of "narmada" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
narma—dā f. See narmadā.
narma-dā f. of -da (above), ‘pleasure-giver’, N. of a river (the modern Nerbudda), MBh. &c. (she is personified as the wife of Puru-kutsa and mother of Trasa-dasyu, or as a sister of the Ura-gas i.e. serpents, or as a daughter of the Soma-pas)
narma—da mfn. causing mirth or pleasure, delightful, Naiṣ.
narma—da m. a jester, the companion of a person's sports or amusements, L.
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