As a deity name
Name 134 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
गोदावरी · noun · feminine
दक्षिण भारत की एक नदी जो नासिक के पास से निकलकर बंगाल की खाड़ी में गिरती है · मदरास का एक जिला — Śabdasāgara
गोदावरी · godāvarī · s.f.
The river Godavery in the Dakkhan — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 923
गोदावरी · feminine
Godavari (a major river in South India which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh).
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi गोदावरी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गोदावरी (godāvarī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
go—dāvarī f. (= -dā s.v. 1. -da) ‘granting water or kine’, N. of a river in the Dekhan, MBh. iii; Hariv. 12826; R. iii, vi; Ragh. &c.
go-dāvarī &c. See ib.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘granting water or kine’, N. of a river in the Dekhan, &c.
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Dictionary citations
go—dāvarī f. (= -dā s.v. 1. -da) ‘granting water or kine’, N. of a river in the Dekhan, MBh. iii; Hariv. 12826; R. iii, vi; Ragh. &c.
go-dāvarī &c. See ib.
godāvarī f. (-rī) The name of a river in the peninsula, the Godāvarī. E. go water, and da what gives, goda and āvṛ to cover or conceal; affixes ap and ṅīṣ.
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