As a deity name
Name 20 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 42 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda 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
an old woman, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vṛddhāyai" is the dative of "vṛddhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vṛddhāyai" is the dative of "vṛddha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vṛddhā (ā), f. an old woman, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
vṛddhā 1 An old woman. 2 A female descendant.
1. vṛddha mfn. (fr. √ vardh, p. 926, col. 1) cut, cut off, destroyed, MBh.
vṛddha n. what is cut off, a piece, Śulbas. (v.l. vṛdhra).
Caveats
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