As a deity name
Name 855 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
a mystical N. of the letter p
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tīkṣṇāyai" is the dative of "tīkṣṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "tīkṣṇāyai" is the dative of "tīkṣṇa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
tīkṣṇā (ā), f. N. of several plants (Mucuna pruritus, Cardiospermum Halicacabum, black mustard, atyamla-parṇī, mahā-jyotiṣmatī, vacā, sarpakaṅkālikā), Npr.
a mystical N. of the letter p, Rāmat. i, 77
tīkṣṇa mf(ā)n. (√ tij) sharp, hot, pungent, fiery, acid, RV. x, 87, 9; AV. &c.
harsh, rough, rude, Mn. vii, 140; MBh.; R.; VarBṛS.
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