As a deity name
Name 454 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 472 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 147 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
धात्री · noun · masculine
माता । माँ · वह स्त्री जो किसी शिशु को दूध पिलाने और उसका लालन पालन करने के लिये नियुक्त की जाय । दाई · गायत्री स्वरूपिणी भगवती — Śabdasāgara
धात्री · dhātrī · s.f.
A wet-nurse, a foster-mother, nurse, mother ( = dāʼī); the earth — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 537
Cited formation "धात्री" is धात्र + -ई: धात्र means "पात्र । बरतन", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "धात्री" is धात्र + -ई: धात्र means "पात्र । बरतन", 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: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "धात्री" is धात्र + -ई: धात्र means "पात्र । बरतन", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘female supporter’, a nurse, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhātrī" is the nominative dual of "dhātri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dhātrī" is the nominative of "dhātṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dhātrī" is the feminine form of "dhātra" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
dhātrī f. ‘female supporter’, a nurse, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
midwife, Hit. iv, 61
mother, Yājñ. iii, 82
the earth, Var.; MBh.; Hariv. &c.
Emblica Officinalis, Var.; Suśr. (some derive it fr. √ dhe, cf. dhāyas and Pāṇ. iii, 2, 181).
dhātri f. (metric.) = ˚trī, Emblica Officinalis, Suśr.
dhātṛ m. establisher, founder, creator, bearer, supporter (cf. vasu-), orderer, arranger, RV. &c. &c.
N. of a divine being who personifies these functions (in Vedic times presiding over generation, matrimony, health, wealth, time and season, and associated or identified with Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Tvaṣṭṛ, Bṛhaspati, Mitra, Aryaman, Viṣṇu &c., RV. x; AV.; TS.; ŚBr. &c.; later chiefly the creator and maintainer of the world = Brahmā or Prajā-pati, MBh.; Kāv.; Pur.; in ep. one of the 12 Ādityas and brother of Vi-dhātṛ and Lakṣmī, son of Brahmā, MBh.; or of Bhṛgu and Khyāti, Pur.; Fate personified, Kāv.)
1. dhātra n. receptacle, vessel, L.
2. dhātra mf(ī)n. belonging to Dhātṛ, ŚBr.
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