As a deity name
Name 907 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 1005 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
a female Yakṣa, &c. ( = durgā, )
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yakṣyai" is the dative of "yakṣī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
yakṣī (ī), f. a female Yakṣa, MBh.; R. &c. (yakṣīṇām prathamā yakṣī = durgā, Hariv.)
N. of Kubera's wife, L.
Caveats
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