As a deity name
Name 667 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
a tree, (esp.) any tree bearing visible flowers and fruit (see; but also applied to any tree and other plants, often = wood, see comp.), &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vṛkṣāya" is the dative of "vṛkṣa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
vṛkṣa m. (ifc. f(ā). ; prob. connected with √ 2. bṛh, ‘to grow’, or with √ 1. bṛh, ‘to root up’, or with √ vraśc, as ‘that which is felled’) a tree, (esp.) any tree bearing visible flowers and fruit (see Mn. i, 47; but also applied to any tree and other plants, often = wood, see comp.), RV. &c. &c.
the trunk of a tree, RV. i, 130, 4
Alternative readings
More than one analysis survives full verification. That ambiguity is real, so we show every reading rather than pick one silently.
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