As a deity name
Name 435 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
वैश्या · noun · feminine
वैश्य जाति की · हलदी · बोद्धों की एक देवी (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वैश्या" is वैश्य + -आ: वैश्य means "'A man who occupies the soil, a man of the people,' a Vaiśya or man of the the third (Hindū) caste (whose business was agriculture and trade)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "वैश्या" is वैश्य + -आ: वैश्य means "'A man who occupies the soil, a man of the people,' a Vaiśya or man of the the third (Hindū) caste (whose business was agriculture and trade)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a woman of the Vaiśya caste, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vaiśyā" is the feminine form of "vaiśya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
vaiśyā (ā), f. See below
vaiśyā f. a woman of the Vaiśya caste, Mn.; Yājñ. &c.
N. of a deity, Buddh.
vaiśya m. (fr. 2. viś) ‘a man who settles on the soil’, a peasant, or ‘working man’, agriculturist, man of the third class or caste (whose business was trade as well as agriculture), RV. &c. &c.
pl. N. of a people, VarBṛS.
Alternative readings
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