As a deity name
Name 164 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 767 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 91 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 454 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
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
remainder, that which remains or is left, leavings, residue (pl. ‘all the others’), surplus, balance, the rest (śeṣe loc. ‘for the rest’, ‘in all other cases’; śeṣe rātrau, ‘during…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śeṣāya" is the dative of "śeṣa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śeṣa &c. See p. 1088, col. 3.
śeṣa m. n. (fr. √ 2. śiṣ) remainder, that which remains or is left, leavings, residue (pl. ‘all the others’), surplus, balance, the rest (śeṣe loc. ‘for the rest’, ‘in all other cases’; śeṣe rātrau, ‘during the rest of the night’; mama śeṣam asti, ‘there remains something to happen to me’)
Alternative readings
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