As a deity name
Name 748 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 413 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
भागीरथी · noun · feminine
गंगा नदी । जाह्नवी · गंगा की एक शाखा का नाम जो बंगाल में है — Śabdasāgara
भागीरथी · bhāgīrathī · s.f.
Name of the Ganges; also of one of the three main streams or branches of the Ganges, viz. the great western branch — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 179
भागीरथी · feminine
Bhagirathi River; an epithet of river Ganga; a female given name, Bhagirathi, from Sanskrit
Cited formation "भागीरथी" is भागीरथ + -ई: भागीरथ means "= bhagīrath, q.v", 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 "भागीरथी" is भागीरथ + -ई: भागीरथ means "= bhagīrath, q.v", 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
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भागीरथी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit भागीरथी (bhāgīrathī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bhāgīrathī f. N. of the Ganges (or of one of the 3 main streams or branches of it, viz. the great western branch; cf. nava-dvīpa), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
bhāgīrathī f. of ˚ratha, in comp.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
[ bhāgīrathī smṛtā] 1 N. of the river Ganges; bhāgīrathīnirjharaśīkarāṇāṃ 2 N. of one of the three main branches of the Ganges.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhāgīrathī" is the feminine form of "bhāgīratha" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
bhāgīrathī f. N. of the Ganges (or of one of the 3 main streams or branches of it, viz. the great western branch; cf. nava-dvīpa), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
bhāgīrathī f. of ˚ratha, in comp.
bhāgīrathī [bhagīrathena sānītā tena bhāgīrathī smṛtā] 1 N. of the river Ganges; bhāgīrathīnirjharaśīkarāṇāṃ Ku. 1. 15. 2 N. of one of the three main branches of the Ganges.
bhāgīrathī f. (-thī) The Ganges. E. bhagīratha a pious monarch, at whose intercession the Ganges first descended from heaven, affs. aṇ and ṅīp.
bhāgīratha mf(ī)n. (fr. bhagīr˚) relating to Bhagīratha
bhāgīratha See p. 751, col. 3.
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