As a deity name
Name 935 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 113 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
a kind of Vinā or lute
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śāradāyai" is the dative of "śāradā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "śāradāyai" is the dative of "śārada" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
śāradā (ā), f., see below
śāradā f. a kind of Vinā or lute, L.
śārada mf(ī, or śāradī)n. (fr. śarad) produced or growing in autumn, autumnal, mature, AV. &c. &c.
(prob.) that which offers a shelter in autumn (against the overflowings of rivers; applied to puras or ‘castles’; others ‘rich in years’, ‘old’), RV. i, 131, 4; 174, 2; vi, 20, 10
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