As a deity name
Name 615 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
Physalis Flexuosa
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "puṣṭidāyai" is the dative of "puṣṭidā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "puṣṭidāyai" is the dative of "puṣṭida" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
puṣṭi—dā (ā), f. N. of a drug (= vṛddhi), L.
Physalis Flexuosa, L.
puṣṭi—da mfn. yielding or causing pr˚, nourishing, cherishing, Hariv.; Var.; Suśr.
puṣṭi—da m. pl. N. of a class of Pitṛs, MārkP.
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