As a deity name
Name 218 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 221 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 66 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
N. of a combination of three Ślokas forming all one phrase, Sch.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "guṇavatyai" is the dative of "guṇavatī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "guṇavatyai" is the dative of "guṇavat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "guṇavat" is derived from "guṇa" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
guṇa m. (√ grah, Uṇ.) a single thread or strand of a cord or twine (e.g. tri-g˚, q.v.), string or thread, rope, TS. vii; Mṛcch.; Kum.; Ragh.
a garland, W.
guṇa—vat mfn. ‘furnished with a thread or string’ and ‘endowed with good qualities’, Pañcat.; ŚārṅgP.; Subh.
endowed with the five qualities or attributes of elements, Sāṃkhyak. 60
Related forms
Dictionary citations
guṇa—vatī f. N. of a combination of three Ślokas forming all one phrase, Kāvyād. i, 13, Sch.
of a daughter (of Sunābha and wife of Sāmba, Hariv. 8762; 8779; 8840; of the prince Guṇa-sāgara, Kathās. cxxiii)
guṇa—vat mfn. ‘furnished with a thread or string’ and ‘endowed with good qualities’, Pañcat.; ŚārṅgP.; Subh.
endowed with the five qualities or attributes of elements, Sāṃkhyak. 60
guṇa m. (√ grah, Uṇ.) a single thread or strand of a cord or twine (e.g. tri-g˚, q.v.), string or thread, rope, TS. vii; Mṛcch.; Kum.; Ragh.
a garland, W.
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