As a deity name
Name 144 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
सेनापति · noun · masculine
सेना का नायक । फौज का अफसर · कार्तिकेय का एक नाम · शिव का नाम — Śabdasāgara
सेनापति · masculine
commander
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सेनापति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सेनापति (senāpati). सेना (senā) + पति (pati).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
senā—pati m. the general of an a˚, AitBr. &c. &c.
N. of Kārttikeya, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the general of an a˚, &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
senā—pati m. the general of an a˚, AitBr. &c. &c.
N. of Kārttikeya, L.
of Śiva, MBh.
of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, ib.
senāpati m. (-tiḥ) 1 A general, the commander of an army. 2 KĀRTTIKEYA. E. senā an army, and pati master.
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