As a deity name
Name 951 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by 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
a girl with withered limbs and therefore unfit for marriage
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śarabhāyai" is the dative of "śarabhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "śarabhāyai" is the dative of "śarabha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
śarabhā (ā), f. a girl with withered limbs and therefore unfit for marriage, GṛS.
(prob.) a kind of wooden machine. [cf. accord. to some, Gk., κίραϕος, κόραϕος.]
śarabha m. a kind of deer or (in later times) a fabulous animal (supposed to have eight legs and to inhabit the snowy mountains; it is represented as stronger than the lion and the elephant; cf. aṣṭa-pad and mahā-skandhin), AV. &c. &c.
a young elephant, L.
Caveats
Sources contain errors and engines have limits; every claim above carries its citation so you can verify it. This is guidance about names and their sources — not religious or astrological consultation. How we work · Our sources