As a deity name
Name 731 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
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 partic. mark or curl of hair on the breast of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa (and of other divine beings; said to be white and represented in pictures by a symbol resembling a cruciform flower)…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śrīvatsāya" is the dative of "śrīvatsa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śrī—vatsa m. ‘favourite of Śrī’, N. of Viṣṇu, L.
a partic. mark or curl of hair on the breast of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa (and of other divine beings; said to be white and represented in pictures by a symbol resembling a cruciform flower), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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