As a deity name
Name 559 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 woman
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pauruṣyai" is the dative of "pauruṣī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
Monier-Williams (1899) · पौरुषी (linked stem)
pauruṣī (ī), f. a woman, ŚāṅkhŚr.
Monier-Williams (1899) · पौरुषी (linked stem)
a period of 3 hours (= yāma), HPariś.
Caveats
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