As a deity name
Name 171 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
an excellent woman
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śreṣṭhāyai" is the dative of "śreṣṭhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "śreṣṭhāyai" is the dative of "śreṣṭha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
śreṣṭhā (ā), f. an excellent woman, MW.
Hibiscus Mutabilis, L. (prob. w.r. for lakṣmī-śr˚)
śreṣṭha mf(ā)n. most splendid or beautiful, most beautiful of or among (with gen.), RV.; AV.; R.
most excellent, best, first, chief (n. ‘the best or chief thing’), best of or among or in respect of or in (with gen. loc., or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
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