As a deity name
Name 78 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
निराय
वि ॰ · लाभरहित । जिसमें मुनाफा न हो · जिसे कुछ आय न हो — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "निराय" is नि- + राय: राय means "king", and the prefix नि- forms lacking, without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(4) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
having or yielding no income, profitless
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
nir—āya mfn. having or yielding no income, profitless, W.
nirāya mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Having no income or profit, yielding none, &c. E. nir neg. āya receipt.
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