As a deity name
Name 272 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / 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
support, shelter, place of refuge, asylum
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "samāśrayāyai" is the dative of "samāśraya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sam-āśraya m. (ifc. f(ā). ) going together to any one (esp. for support or shelter), connection with, dependence on, relation to (ifc. = ‘relating to, concerning’; āt, ‘in consequence of, owing to’), MBh.; R.; VarBṛS. &c.
support, shelter, place of refuge, asylum, Kāv.; Pur.; Kathās.
Caveats
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