As a deity name
Name 384 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and 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
Any image of NANDĪ, the bull of ŚIVA, either of clay, wood, or stone, placed in a temple of the deity. E. sandhyā evening, (when ŚIVA is worshipped,) and bali an offering.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sandhyābali" is the vocative of "saṃdhyābali" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sandhyābali m. (-liḥ) Any image of NANDĪ, the bull of ŚIVA, either of clay, wood, or stone, placed in a temple of the deity. E. sandhyā evening, (when ŚIVA is worshipped,) and bali an offering.
saṃ-dhyā—bali m. the evening or tw˚ oblation, Megh.
a bull (or its image) in a temple of Śiva, L.
Alternative readings
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