वैशाखाय vaiśākhāya
4 syllables SLP1 vESAKAya

As a deity name

Name 292 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

one of the 12 months constituting the Hindū lunar year (answering to April-May and in some places, with Caitra, reckoned as beginning the year), &c.

Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (6)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "vaiśākhāya" is the dative of "vaiśākha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · वैशाख (linked stem)

vaiśākha m. (fr. vi-śākhā) one of the 12 months constituting the Hindū lunar year (answering to April-May and in some places, with Caitra, reckoned as beginning the year), ŚBr.; Lāṭy.; MBh. &c.

Monier-Williams (1899) · वैशाख (linked stem)

a churning-stick, Śiś. xi, 8

Alternative readings

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Caveats

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