Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 19 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 483 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 568 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
अदिति · noun · feminine
प्रकृति · पृथ्वी · दक्ष प्रजापति की कन्या और कश्यप ऋषि की पत्नी — Śabdasāgara
अदिति · noun · masculine
ईश्वर का एक विशेषण · प्रजापति · देवताओं का विश्वदेवा नामक गण — Śabdasāgara
अदिति · aditi · s.f.
The mother of the gods — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 32
अदिति · feminine
Aditi (a Vedic goddess, wife of Kashyapa and mother of the Adityas); a female given name, Aditi, from Sanskrit
Cited formation "अदिति" is अ- + दिति: दिति means "cutting, splitting, dividing", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अदिति" is अ- + दिति: दिति means "cutting, splitting, dividing", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अदिति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अदिति (aditi).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. a-diti f. having nothing to give, destitution, RV.
for 2. aditi, 3. a-diti See below.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
boundlessness, immensity, inexhaustible abundance, unimpaired condition, perfection, creative power, N. of one of the most ancient of the Indian goddesses (‘Infinity’ or the ‘Etern…
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Dictionary citations
1. a-diti f. having nothing to give, destitution, RV.
for 2. aditi, 3. a-diti See below.
2. aditi m. (√ ad), devourer i.e. death, BṛĀrUp.
3. a-diti mfn. (√ 4. dā or do, dyati; for 1. a-diti See above), not tied, free, RV. vii, 52, 1, boundless, unbroken, entire, unimpaired, happy, RV.; VS.
a-diti f. freedom, security, safety
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