As a deity name
Name 311 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 219 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
ग्रामणी · noun · masculine
गाँव, दाति, या समूह का मालिक या मुखिया · प्रधान । अगुआ · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
ग्रामणी · noun · feminine
वेश्या · नील का पेड़ — Śabdasāgara
ग्रामणी · grāmaṇī · s.m.
& f. See s.v. grām — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 901
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female peasant or villager
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "grāmaṇī" is the nominative dual of "grāmaṇi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "grāmaṇī" is the feminine form of "grāmaṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
grāma—ṇī m. (fr. -nī, Pāṇ. viii, 4, 14, Siddh.; vi, 4, 82; gen. pl. -ṇyām, or Ved. -ṇīnām, vii, 1, 56; 3, 116, Sch., not in Kāś.; ˚ṇi n. ‘leading, chief’, vii, 1, 74, Kāś.) the leader or chief of a village or community, lord of the manor, squire, leader of a troop or army, chief, superintendent, RV. x, 62, 11 and 107, 5; VS.; AV.; &c.
grāma—ṇī mfn. (see before -ṇi n.) chief, pre-eminent, W.
grāma—ṇī m. a village barber (chief person of a village), L.
a groom (bhogika), L.
a Yakṣa, VP. ii, 10, 2 f.; BhP. v, 21, 18
grāma—ṇi m. metrically for -ṇī, MBh. vii, 1125 and 4099
grāma—ṇi n. of ṇī, q.v.
grāmaṇa mf(ī)n. coming from Grāmaṇī g. takṣaśilādi.
Alternative readings
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