As a deity name
Name 766 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
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
1 Numeral, relating to number. 2 Rational, discriminative. (-ṅkhyaḥ) The Sāṃkhya system of philosophy, ascribed originally to the Muni KAPILA. E. saṃkhyā number, &c., and aṇ aff.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sāṅkhya" is the vocative of "sāṃkhya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sāṅkhya mfn. (-ṅkhyaḥ-ṅkhyī-ṅkhyaṃ) 1 Numeral, relating to number. 2 Rational, discriminative. m. (-ṅkhyaḥ) The Sāṃkhya system of philosophy, ascribed originally to the Muni KAPILA. E. saṃkhyā number, &c., and aṇ aff.
sāṃkhya mfn. (fr. saṃ-khyā) numeral, relating to number, W.
relating to number (in gram. as expressed by the case-terminations &c.), Pat.
Alternative readings
More than one analysis survives full verification. That ambiguity is real, so we show every reading rather than pick one silently.
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