As a deity name
Name 203 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
(, Vārtt. 4, ) a princess of the Gāndhāris (esp. the wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gāndhāryai" is the dative of "gāndhārī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gāndhāryai" is the dative of "gāndhāri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
gāndhārī (ī), f. (Pāṇ. iv, 1, 14, Vārtt. 4, Pat.) a princess of the Gāndhāris (esp. the wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra), MBh.; Hariv.; BhP. i, ix
N. of a Vidyā-devī, MBh. iii, 14562
gāndhāri m. = ˚reya, MBh. ii f., v, vii, 3457;
gāndhāri m. pl. (Pāṇ. iv, 1, 169; iv, 2, 52, Vārtt. 2) N. of a people (also called Gandhāras or Gāndhāras), MBh. viii, 2135.
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