As a deity name
Name 98 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / 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
the mistress of a house, wife, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gṛhiṇyai" is the dative of "gṛhiṇī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gṛhiṇyai" is the dative of "gṛhin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
gṛhiṇī (inī), f. the mistress of a house, wife (RTL. p. 397), Śak. iv, 18 f.; Ragh.; Kum.; Pañcat. &c.
gṛhiṇī ‘The mistress of a house’, a wife, house-wife, (the lady in charge of the house); na gṛhaṃ gṛhamityāhurgṛhiṇī gṛhamucyate . gṛhaṃ tu gṛhiṇīhīnaṃ kāṃtārādatiricyate Pt. 4. 81. Comp. — padaṃ the position or dignity of the (pb) mistress of the house; yāṃtyevaṃ gṛhiṇīpada yuvatayo vāmāḥ kulasyādhayaḥ Ś. 4. 17; sthitā gṛhiṇīpade 18.
gṛhin mfn. possessing a house, TS. v, 5, 2, 2
gṛhin m. the master of a house, householder, Gṛha-stha, Mn.; Yājñ.; VarBṛS.; BhP. (gen. pl. ˚hīṇām for ˚hiṇām, x, 8, 4) &c.
Caveats
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