As a deity name
Name 618 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 669 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 kind of small drum or tabor = (and prob. w.r. for) paṇana
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "praṇavāyai" is the dative of "praṇava" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
pra-ṇava See pra-ṇu.
pra-˚ṇava (or pra-ṇ˚), m. f. (ifc. f(ā). ) the mystical or sacred syllable om, VS.; TS.; ŚBr.; Mn. (ifc. also -ka) &c. (-tva n., RāmatUp.)
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