As a deity name
Name 531 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
देवकी · noun · feminine
वसुदेव की स्त्री और श्रीकृषण की माता — Śabdasāgara
देवकी · devakī · s.f.
Daughter of Devak, wife of Vasu-dev and mother of Krishna — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 560
Cited formation "देवकी" is देवक + -ई: देवक means "(f. -ikā), God-like, divine, celestial", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "देवकी" is देवक + -ई: देवक means "(f. -ikā), God-like, divine, celestial", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "देवकी" is देवक + -ई: देवक means "(f. -ikā), God-like, divine, celestial", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
DEVAKĪ, the daughter of DEVAKA, wife of VASUDEVA, and mother of KṚṢṆA. E. devaka, añ patronymick affix, fem. affix ṅīṣ; also with the vowel changed by the affix, daivakī.
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Dictionary citations
devakī f. See below.
devakī f. N. of a daughter of Devaka (see above) who was wife of Vasu-deva and mother of Kṛṣṇa, MBh.; Hariv.; Pur. (identified with a-diti, Hariv.; with dākṣāyaṇī, MatsyaP.)
devakī N. of a daughter of Devaka and wife of Vasudeva and mother of Kṛṣṇa. Comp. — naṃdanaḥ, — putraḥ, -mātṛ m. — sūnuḥ, epithets of Kṛṣṇa.
devakī f. (-kī) DEVAKĪ, the daughter of DEVAKA, wife of VASUDEVA, and mother of KṚṢṆA. E. devaka, añ patronymick affix, fem. affix ṅīṣ; also with the vowel changed by the affix, daivakī.
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