As a deity name
Name 61 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 688 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 956 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 13 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya 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
Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to become a physician
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vaidyāya" is the dative of "vaidya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
vaidyāya Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to become a physician, Kulārṇ.
vaidya mfn. (fr. vidyā, and in some meanings fr. veda) versed in science, learned, ĀśvGṛ.; Kāty.; Mn. &c.
relating or belonging to the Vedas, conformable to the V˚s, Vedic, W.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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