As a deity name
Name 691 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
Ocimum Sanctum
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhūtapataye" is the dative of "bhūtapati" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
bhūta—pati m. ‘lord of beings’ (esp. of evil beings, N. of Rudra-Śiva, Bhava, Śarva and Agni), AV.; MBh. &c.
Ocimum Sanctum, L.
Caveats
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