As a deity name
Name 234 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 831 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
समाय · noun · masculine
पहुँचना । आना · यों ही देखने के लिये आना — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "समाय" is स- + माय: माय means "माता । माँ । जननी", and the prefix स- forms with, together with, same. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(23) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a visit, arrival
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Dictionary citations
sam-āya , ˚yin. See p. 1164, col. 2.
sam-āya m. a visit, arrival, W.
samāya m. (-yaḥ) A visit, arrival. E. sam and āṅ before yā to go, ḍa aff.
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