As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘striking with the hand’, a drummer or one who plays upon any hand-instrument
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Dictionary citations
pāṇi—gha m. ‘striking with the hand’, a drummer or one who plays upon any hand-instrument
a workman or handicraftsman, L. (cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 55).
pāṇigha m. (-ghaḥ) 1 A drummer, one who plays on a tabor, &c. with his hands. 2 Playing upon a hand instrument. 3 A workman, a handicraftsman. E. pāṇi the hand, hana to strike, ṭhak aff. and gha substituted for the root.
Alternative readings
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