As a deity name
Name 694 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
बृहस्पतिवार · masculine
Thursday
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Sanskrit बृहस् (bṛhas) Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš Sanskrit पति (pati) Sanskrit बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati) Sanskrit वर (vara)der.? Sanskrit वार (vāra) Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Διός (hēméra Diós)sl. Sanskrit बृहस्पतिवार (bṛ…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Thursday (a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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