As a deity name
Name 857 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 balance, weight, &c. (˚layā dhṛ or ˚lāṃ with Caus. of adhiruh, ‘to hold in or put on a balance, weigh, compare’; ˚lāṃ with Caus. of adhi-ruh, ‘to risk’, ˚lām adhi- or ā- or sam-ā…
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tulāyai" is the dative of "tulā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "tulāyai" is the dative of "tula" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
tulā f. a balance, weight, VS. xxx; ŚBr. xi; Mn. &c. (˚layā dhṛ or ˚lāṃ with Caus. of adhiruh, ‘to hold in or put on a balance, weigh, compare’; ˚lāṃ with Caus. of adhi-ruh, ‘to risk’, Pañcat. i, 16, 9; ˚lām adhi- or ā- or sam-ā-ruh, ‘to be in a balance’, be equal with [instr.]; the balance as an ordeal, Yājñ. ii; Mṛcch. ix, 43)
equal measure, equality, resemblance, Ragh. &c. (˚lām i or gam or ā-yā or ā-lamb or dhā, ‘to resemble any one or anything’ [instr. or in comp.]; ˚lāṃ na bhṛ, ‘to have no equal’, Prasannar. i, 37; ˚lāṃ with Pass. of nī, ‘to become equal to’ [gen.])
tula m. (for ˚lā) the sign Libra, Utp. (on, VarBṛ. xi, xvi, xxiii and VarYogay. iv, 55).
tula r. 1st and 10th cls. (tolati tulati tolayati-te or irr. tulayati) To weigh or measure.
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