As a deity name
Name 832 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
going on a pilgrimage (cf. gaṅgā- and tīrtha-y˚)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yātrāyai" is the dative of "yātrā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "yātrā" is derived from "yā" with the trā suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
yā (ā), f. going; a car
restraining, religious meditation
yātrā f. going, setting off, journey, march, expedition, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with prāṇāntikī or aurdhvadehikī = death; yātrāṃ-√ yā or dā, to undertake an expedition, take the field; yātrām-√ pṛch, to wish luck, Divyāv.)
going on a pilgrimage (cf. gaṅgā- and tīrtha-y˚)
Related forms
Dictionary citations
yātrā f. going, setting off, journey, march, expedition, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with prāṇāntikī or aurdhvadehikī = death; yātrāṃ-√ yā or dā, to undertake an expedition, take the field; yātrām-√ pṛch, to wish luck, Divyāv.)
going on a pilgrimage (cf. gaṅgā- and tīrtha-y˚)
yā (ā), f. going; a car
restraining, religious meditation
Caveats
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