As a deity name
Name 948 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 294 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 598 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
pl. N. of a people, (w.r. sarva)
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śarvāya" is the dative of "śarva" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śarva m. (fr. śaru) N. of a god who kills people with arrows (mentioned together with Bhava and other names of Rudra-Śiva)
N. of the god Śiva (often in the later language; esp. in the form Kṣitimūrti; du. Śarva and Śarvāṇī cf. Vām. v, 2, 21), AV. &c. &c.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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