As a deity name
Name 472 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by 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
‘female supporter’, a nurse, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhātryai" is the dative of "dhātrī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dhātryai" is the dative of "dhātṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dhātryai" is the dative of "dhātri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
dhātrī f. ‘female supporter’, a nurse, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
midwife, Hit. iv, 61
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.)
dhātri f. (metric.) = ˚trī, Emblica Officinalis, Suśr.
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