As a deity name
Name 261 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 604 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 170 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 930 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
नेतृ · netr̤i · s.m.
= netā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1165
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
leader, guide, conductor (with gen. or ifc.), &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
netṛ &c. See p. 568, col. 3.
netṛ mfn. leading, guiding, one who leads or will lead, RV. x, 26, 5
netṛ m. bringer, offerer (with acc.; cf. Pāṇ. ii, 3, 69), MBh.
netṛ leader, guide, conductor (with gen. or ifc.), RV. &c. &c.
netṛ (with daṇḍasya) ‘rod-applier’, inflicter of punishment, Mn. vii, 25 (cf. daṇḍa-n˚)
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