As a deity name
Name 485 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
सुखाय · adj
जो सुखपूर्वक प्राप्त या लभ्य हो — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to feel happy or pleased, be at ease or comfortable, to be pleasant or agreeable
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sukhāya" is the dative of "sukha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sukhāya Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to feel happy or pleased, be at ease or comfortable, Daś.; Kād.; to be pleasant or agreeable, Kād.
su—kha &c., see sukha s.v.
sukha mfn. (said to be fr. 5. su + 3. kha, and to mean originally ‘having a good axle-hole’; possibly a Prākṛt form of su-stha, q.v.; cf. duḥkha) running swiftly or easily (only applied to cars or chariots, superl. sukha-tama), easy, RV.
Alternative readings
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