As a deity name
Name 655 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 lion
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pañcaśikhāyai" is the dative of "pañcaśikha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
pañca—śikha mfn. ‘5-crested’, having tufts of hair on the head (as an ascetic), MBh. (˚khī-kṛta mfn. made an a˚, Bhartṛ.)
pañca—śikha m. a lion, L.
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