As a deity name
Name 796 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
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
Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to act as or represent a drum
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "puṣkarāya" is the dative of "puṣkara" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
puṣkarāya Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to act as or represent a drum, Daśar.
puṣkara n. (rather fr. puṣka + ra than fr. puṣ + kara; but cf. Uṇ. iv, 4) a blue lotus-flower, a lotus, Nelumbium Speciosum or Nymphaea Nelumbo (ifc. f(ā). ), AV. &c. &c. (met. ‘the heart’, MBh. v, 1790)
the bowl of a spoon (ifc. f(ā). ), RV.; Br.; GṛŚrS.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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