As a deity name
Name 215 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
reckoning or summing up, numeration, calculation (ifc. = ‘numbered or reckoned among’)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "saṅkhyāyai" is the dative of "saṃkhyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "saṅkhyāyai" is the dative of "saṃkhya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
saṃ-√ khyā P. -khyāti, to reckon or count up, sum up, enumerate, calculate, ŚBr.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to estimate by (instr.), MBh.; Ā. (only aor. saṃ-akhyata) to appear along with, be connected with, belong to (instr.), RV.; VS. : Caus. -khyāpayati, to cause to be looked at or observed by (instr.), TS.; ŚBr.
saṃ-khyā (ā), f., see below
saṃ-khya mfn. counting up or over, reckoning or summing up, Pāṇ. iii, 2, 7, Sch. (ifc.; cf. go-s˚)
saṃ-khya m. N. of a man, Cat.
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