As a deity name
Name 594 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 milch-cow
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "payasvinyai" is the dative of "payasvinī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "payasvinyai" is the dative of "payasvin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "payasvin" is derived from "payas" with the vini suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
payas n. (√ 1. pī) any fluid or juice, (esp.) milk, water, rain
semen virile, (met.) vital spirit, power, strength, RV. &c. &c.
payas—vin mfn. abounding in sap or milk, Br.; GṛS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
payasvin a. Milky, juicy. — nī 1 A milch-cow; R. 2. 21, 54, 65. 2 A river. 3 A she-goat. 4 Night.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
payas—vinī (ī), f. a milch-cow, MBh.; Var.; Ragh.
a she-goat, L.
payas—vin mfn. abounding in sap or milk, Br.; GṛS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
payasvin a. Milky, juicy. — nī 1 A milch-cow; R. 2. 21, 54, 65. 2 A river. 3 A she-goat. 4 Night.
payas n. (√ 1. pī) any fluid or juice, (esp.) milk, water, rain
semen virile, (met.) vital spirit, power, strength, RV. &c. &c.
Caveats
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