As a deity name
Name 601 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
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
pl. N. of a class of Ṛṣis of the size of a thumb (sixty thousand were produced from Brahmā's body and surround the chariot of the sun), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vālakhilyāya" is the dative of "vālakhilya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
vālakhilya n. (also written bāl˚, of doubtful derivation) N. of a collection of 11 (accord. to some only 6 or 8) hymns of the Ṛg-veda (commonly inserted after viii, 48, but numbered separately as a supplement by some editors; they are also called vālakhilyāḥ, with or scil. mantrāḥ, or ṛcaḥ, and daśatī vālakhilyakā), Br.; ŚrS. &c.
(˚lya) pl. N. of a class of Ṛṣis of the size of a thumb (sixty thousand were produced from Brahmā's body and surround the chariot of the sun), TĀr.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
Alternative readings
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