As a deity name
Name 728 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 755 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 397 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
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
The goddess PĀRVATĪ or DURGĀ, in her pacific and amiable form. E. bhava ŚIVA, fem. aff. ṅīp, and ānuk augment.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhavānyai" is the dative of "bhavānī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
bhavānī f. (fr. bhava; cf. indrāṇī, rudrāṇī, śarvāṇī and Pāṇ. iv, 1, 49) N. of a goddess identified in later times with Pārvatī (she is the wife of Śiva in her pacific and amiable form; cf. RTL. 79), GṛŚrS.; Hariv. &c.
of various women, Cat.
Caveats
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