As a deity name
Name 205 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
a female descendant of Gotama (N. of Kṛpī, of Mahā-prajāpatī, )
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gautamyai" is the dative of "gautamī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gautamyai" is the dative of "gautama" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gautamyai" is the dative of "gautami" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
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
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)
gautami m. patr. fr. ˚ma, ŚāṅkhGṛ. iv, 10, 3; Parāś. Introd. 4.
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