As a deity name
Name 558 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 598 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
īā belonging to ancient or olden times, ancient, old (also = withered, worn out, opp. to nūtana, nava), &c. &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "purāṇyai" is the dative of "purāṇa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
purāṇa mf(ī or ā)n. belonging to ancient or olden times, ancient, old (also = withered, worn out, opp. to nūtana, nava), RV. &c. &c.
purāṇa m. a Karṣa or measure of silver (= 16 Paṇas of cowries), Mn. viii, 136 (also n., L.)
Caveats
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