As a deity name
Name 498 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 indigo plant (Indigofera Tinctoria), (cf. nīlī)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nīlāyai" is the dative of "nīlā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "nīlāyai" is the dative of "nīla" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "nīlāyai" is the dative of "nīliman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
nīlā (ā), f. the indigo plant (Indigofera Tinctoria), L. (cf. nīlī)
a species of Boerhavia with blue blossoms, L.
nīla mf(ā or ī; cf. Pāṇ. iv, 1, 42, Vārtt., Vām. v, 2, 48)n. of a dark colour, (esp.) d˚-blue or d˚-green or black, RV. &c. &c.
dyed with indigo, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 2, Vārtt. 2, Pat.
nīliman m. blueness, blackness, darkness, Kāv.
nīliman m. Blue colour, darkness, blueness; Māl. 5. 6.
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