As a deity name
Name 435 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
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
or hantṛ, trī (the former with gen., the latter with acc.) slaying, killing, a slayer, killer, murderer, robber, disturber, destroyer (-tva ), &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hantrī" is the nominative of "hantṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
hantrī (trī), f., see next.
hantṛ or hantṛ, mf(trī)n. (the former with gen., the latter with acc.) slaying, killing, a slayer, killer, murderer, robber, disturber, destroyer (-tva n.), RV. &c. &c.
hantṛ m. a partic. measure of food, W.
Caveats
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