As a deity name
Name 933 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 125 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 134 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
the energy of Śiva personified as his wife (known as Durgā, Pārvatī &c.)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śivāyai" is the dative of "śivā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "śivāyai" is the dative of "śiva" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
śivā f. Śiva's wife (also śivī) See śivā below
śivā f. the energy of Śiva personified as his wife (known as Durgā, Pārvatī &c.), Inscr.; Kāv.; Kathās.; Pur.
śiva mf(ā)n. (according to Uṇ. i, 153, fr. √ 1. śī, ‘in whom all things lie’; perhaps connected with √ śvi cf. śavas, śiśvi) auspicious, propitious, gracious, favourable, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly, dear (˚vam ind. kindly, tenderly), RV. &c. &c.
happy, fortunate, BhP.
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