As a deity name
Name 205 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 291 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
गौतमी · noun · feminine
गौतम ऋषि की स्त्री अहिल्या · कृपाचार्य की स्त्री जो प्रसिद्ध तपस्विनी थी · गोदावरी नदी जो गौतम नामक पर्वत से निकली है — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "गौतमी" is गौतम + -ई: गौतम means "Referring to Gotama", 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 "गौतमी" is गौतम + -ई: गौतम means "Referring to Gotama", 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 "गौतमी" is गौतम + -ई: गौतम means "Referring to Gotama", 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
a female descendant of Gotama (N. of Kṛpī, of Mahā-prajāpatī, )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gautamī" is the nominative dual of "gautami" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gautamī" is the feminine form of "gautama" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
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Dictionary citations
gautamī f. (g. gaurādi and g. śārṅgaravādi) a female descendant of Gotama (N. of Kṛpī, Hariv.; BhP.; of Mahā-prajāpatī, Lalit. vii, xv), MBh. xiii, 17 ff.; Śak.
N. of Durgā, Hariv. 10236
of a Rākṣasī, L.
of a river (= go-dāvarī, or go-matī), MBh. xiii, 7647; R. vi, 2, 27
the bile-stone of cattle (go-rocanā), L.
gautami m. patr. fr. ˚ma, ŚāṅkhGṛ. iv, 10, 3; Parāś. Introd. 4.
gautama mf(ī)n. relating to Gotama (with pada-stobha m. pl. N. of a Sāman)
gautama m. patr. fr. Gotama (N. of Kuśri, Uddālaka, Aruṇa, ŚBr.; of Śaradvat, Hariv.; Mṛcch. v, 30; VP.; of Śatānanda, L.; of Śākya-muni; of Nodhas and Vāma-deva, RAnukr.; of a teacher of ritual, Lāṭy.; ĀśvŚr.; ĀśvGṛ.; of a grammarian, TPrāt.; Lāṭy. [with the epithet sthavira]; of a legislator, Yājñ. i, 5; the father of Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, MBh. ix, 2073)
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