As a deity name
Name 714 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
वायव्या · noun · feminine
पश्चिमोत्तर दिशा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वायव्या" is वायव्य + -आ: वायव्य means "north-western", 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
Cited formation "वायव्या" is वायव्य + -आ: वायव्य means "north-western", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the north-west (cf. under vāyu)
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vāyavyā" is the instrumental of "vāyavī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vāyavyā" is the feminine form of "vāyavya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vāyavī f. (with or scil. diś) the north-west (cf. under vāyu), ĀśvGṛ.
vāyavya mf(ā)n. = vāyava (in both meanings), MaitrS.; VarBṛS.; MārkP.
vāyavya n. (with or scil. pātra) N. of partic. Soma vessels shaped like mortars, TS.; Br.; GṛŚrS.
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