As a deity name
Name 238 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 635 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 758 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 933 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
धातृ · dhāṭr̤i · s.m.
= dhātā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 537
धातृ · dhātr̤ī · s.f.
An epithet of Sarasvatī — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 537
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
establisher, founder, creator, bearer, supporter (cf. vasu-), orderer, arranger, &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
dhātṛ m. establisher, founder, creator, bearer, supporter (cf. vasu-), orderer, arranger, RV. &c. &c.
N. of a divine being who personifies these functions (in Vedic times presiding over generation, matrimony, health, wealth, time and season, and associated or identified with Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Tvaṣṭṛ, Bṛhaspati, Mitra, Aryaman, Viṣṇu &c., RV. x; AV.; TS.; ŚBr. &c.; later chiefly the creator and maintainer of the world = Brahmā or Prajā-pati, MBh.; Kāv.; Pur.; in ep. one of the 12 Ādityas and brother of Vi-dhātṛ and Lakṣmī, son of Brahmā, MBh.; or of Bhṛgu and Khyāti, Pur.; Fate personified, Kāv.)
one of the 49 winds, VahniP.
paramour, adulterer, Daś.
the 10th or 44th year in the cycle of Jupiter, Cat.
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