As a deity name
Name 686 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 561 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya 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
(only, ‘an elephant; lion; cloud; tree; umbrella; parasol; garment; clothes; hair; lotus; flower; conch-shell; sort of musical instrument; ornament; jewel; gold; a bow; sandal; cam…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sāraṅgāya" is the dative of "sāraṅga" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sāraṅga or sāraṅga mf(ī)n. (sometimes written śār˚; either fr. sa-raṅga, ‘having colour &c.’, or for śarāṅga or sār˚, ‘having a dappled body’), of a variegated colour, dappled, spotted (cf. kṛṣṇa-s˚, lohita-s˚), AV.; Br.; MBh.
derived from the antelope called Sāraṅga, L.
Alternative readings
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