As a deity name
Name 252 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 68 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 611 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
friendship, intimacy with, relation to (loc. or instr. with and without samam, saha &c.), fellowship, community, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sakhye" is the locative of "sakhya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sakhye" is the dative of "sakhi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sakhye" is the dative of "sakhī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "sakhya" is derived from "sakh" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
sakh sakhyati (invented to serve as the source of sakhi, q.v. under √ 1. sac).
sakhya n. friendship, intimacy with, relation to (loc. or instr. with and without samam, saha &c.), fellowship, community, RV.; &c.
sakhya n. (-khyaṃ) Friendship. m. (-khyaḥ) A friend. E. sakhi a friend, ya aff. of the property or pleonasm.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
sakhya n. friendship, intimacy with, relation to (loc. or instr. with and without samam, saha &c.), fellowship, community, RV.; &c.
sakhya n. (-khyaṃ) Friendship. m. (-khyaḥ) A friend. E. sakhi a friend, ya aff. of the property or pleonasm.
sakhi m. (strong cases nom. sakhā pl. sakhāyaḥ; acc. sg. sakhāyam; gen. abl. sakhyus; other cases regularly from sakhi) a friend, assistant, companion, RV. &c. &c.
the husband of the wife's sister, brother-in-law, Gal.
sakhī , (ī), f., see below.
sakhī f. a female friend or companion, a woman's confidante, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
sakh sakhyati (invented to serve as the source of sakhi, q.v. under √ 1. sac).
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