As a deity name
Name 971 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by 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
sand
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sūkṣmāyai" is the dative of "sūkṣmā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sūkṣmāyai" is the dative of "sūkṣma" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
sūkṣmā (ā), f. sand, L.
small cardamoms, L.
sūkṣma mf(ā)n. (prob. connected with sūci, p. 1241, col. 1) minute, small, fine, thin, narrow, short, feeble, trifling, insignificant, unimportant (with artha m. ‘a trifling matter’), Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
acute, subtle, keen (understanding or mental operation; am ind.), KaṭhUp.; R. &c.
Caveats
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