As a deity name
Name 246 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
घृताची · noun · feminine
स्वर्ग की एक अप्सरा · वह करछुली जिससे यज्ञों में घी अग्नि में डाला जाता है । श्रुवा · कुशनाभ नामक एक प्राचीन राजा की रानी का नाम — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
abounding in ghee, filled with ghee, sprinkling ghee, shining with ghee
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghṛtācī" is the nominative dual of "ghṛtāci" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
ghṛtācī f. (fr. 2. añc, Pāṇ. vi, 3, 95, Vārtt. 2, Pat.) abounding in ghee, filled with ghee, sprinkling ghee, shining with ghee, RV.; AV. ix, 1, 4; ĀśvGṛ. ii, 10, 6
(scil. juhū) the sacrificial ladle (with which the ghee is taken up, poured out, &c.), RV.; AV. xiii, 1, 27
‘dewy’, the night, AV. xix, 48, 6; Naigh. i, 7
‘shining like grease’, a kind of serpent, AV. x, 4, 24
N. of an Apsaras (loved by Bharad-vāja [MBh. i, 5103 ff.] or Vyāsa [xii, 12188 ff.] or by Viśvā-mitra [R. iv, 35, 7]; wife of Pramati and mother of Ruru [MBh. i, 871; xiii, 2004] or wife of Raudrāśva [Hariv. 1658; BhP. ix, 20, 5] or of Kuśa-nābha [R. i, 34, 11])
ghṛtāci m. (derived fr. ˚cī) N. of a Ṛṣi, ĀrṣBr.
Alternative readings
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