As a deity name
Name 891 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 537 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 616 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
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
handsome form, loveliness, grace, beauty, splendour, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rūpāya" is the dative of "rūpa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
rūpa n. (perhaps connected with varpa, varpas; ifc. f.(ā), rarely (ī)) any outward appearance or phenomenon or colour (often pl.), form, shape, figure, RV. &c. &c. (rūpeṇa ifc. in the form of ; rūpam-√ kṛ or √ bhū, to assume a form; often ifc. = ‘having the form or appearance or colour of’, ‘formed or composed of’, ‘consisting of’, ‘like to’; sometimes used after an adj. or p.p. to emphasize its meaning or almost redundantly, cf. ghora-r˚; or connected with a verb, e.g. pacati-rūpam, he cooks very well, cf. Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57)
dreamy or phantom shapes (pl.), VS.; ŚBr.
Alternative readings
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