As a Hindi name
तोषणी · noun · feminine
दुर्गा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "तोषणी" is तोषण + -ई: तोषण means "Satisfying, gratifying, making contented, appeasing, pleasing", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "तोषणी" is तोषण + -ई: तोषण means "Satisfying, gratifying, making contented, appeasing, pleasing", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "तोषणी" is तोषण + -ई: तोषण means "Satisfying, gratifying, making contented, appeasing, pleasing", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Durgā
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "toṣaṇī" is the feminine form of "toṣaṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
to˚ṣaṇī f. Durgā, Hariv. 10238
to˚ṣaṇa mf(ī)n. satisfying, gratifying, appeasing, pleasing, MBh.; BhP.
to˚ṣaṇa n. the act of satisfying or appeasing or delighting, i, 2, 13 (ifc.)
Alternative readings
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