As a deity name
Name 483 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
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
that into which a thing goes back i.e. an original type, standard, method, rule, (esp.) a general or universal rule, model, axiom, system, plan, manner, right or fit manner or way…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nyāyāya" is the dative of "nyāya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
ny-āya m. (fr. 4. nī) that into which a thing goes back i.e. an original type, standard, method, rule, (esp.) a general or universal rule, model, axiom, system, plan, manner, right or fit manner or way, fitness, propriety, TS.; Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (nyāyena ind. and ˚yāt ind. either ‘in the right manner, regularly, duly’, or ifc. ‘after the manner of, by way of’)
a lawsuit, legal proceeding, judicial sentence, judgement, Mṛcch.; Pañc.
Alternative readings
More than one analysis survives full verification. That ambiguity is real, so we show every reading rather than pick one silently.
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