As a deity name
Name 925 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by 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
patr. of the mother of Vyāsa (she was the offspring of the Apsaras Adrikā, who as a fish had swallowed the seed of king Vasu)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vāsavyai" is the dative of "vāsavī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vāsavyai" is the dative of "vāsavi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vāsavī (ī), f. patr. of the mother of Vyāsa (she was the offspring of the Apsaras Adrikā, who as a fish had swallowed the seed of king Vasu), MBh.; BhP.
Indra's energy, Cat.
vāsavi m. ‘Indra's son’, N. of Arjuna, MBh.
of the monkey Vālin, R.
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