As a Hindi name
Nearest attested word 'खेदिनी' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is खेद, meaning grief, sorrow. nearest word: खेद — a suggestion, not a meaning
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As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the creeper Marsilea quadrifolia
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "khedinī" is the feminine form of "khedin" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
khedinī f. the creeper Marsilea quadrifolia, L.
another plant (aśana-parṇī), L.
khedinī f. (-nī) 1 A plant, (Marsilea quadrifolia): see asanaparṇī. 2 A creeper, a creeping plant. E. khida to be distrest, affixes ṇini and ṅīṣ.
khedin mfn. tired, Bālar. vi, 49 (cf. a-kheditva)
khedin a. 1 Tiring, exhausting. 2 (pb) Disturbing, afflicting, troubling.
Alternative readings
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