As a deity name
Name 749 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 467 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
a s˚-nymph
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhogavatyai" is the dative of "bhogavatī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "bhogavatyai" is the dative of "bhogavat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "bhogavat" is derived from "bhoga" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. bhoga m. (√ 1. bhuj) any winding or curve, coil (of a serpent), RV. &c. &c.
the expanded hood of a snake, Hariv.; Kām.; Pañcat.
1. bhoga—vat mfn. (for 2. see col. 3) furnished with windings or curves or rings, ringed, coiled (as a serpent), R.
furnished with a hood (cf. mahā-bh˚)
Related forms
Dictionary citations
bhoga—vatī (atī), f. a s˚-nymph, MBh.
N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, ib.
1. bhoga—vat mfn. (for 2. see col. 3) furnished with windings or curves or rings, ringed, coiled (as a serpent), R.
furnished with a hood (cf. mahā-bh˚)
1. bhoga m. (√ 1. bhuj) any winding or curve, coil (of a serpent), RV. &c. &c.
the expanded hood of a snake, Hariv.; Kām.; Pañcat.
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