As a deity name
Name 995 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 417 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
हरिणी · noun · feminine
मादा हिरन । हिरन की मादा · मंजिष्ठा । मँजीठ । मजीठ · जर्द चमेली — Śabdasāgara
हरिणी · hariṇī · s.f.
A doe, hind — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1226
Cited formation "हरिणी" is हरिण + -ई: हरिण means "Greenish or yellowish white", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "हरिणी" is हरिण + -ई: हरिण means "Greenish or yellowish white", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "हरिणी" is हरिण + -ई: हरिण means "Greenish or yellowish white", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female deer, doe, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hariṇī" is the feminine form of "harin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
M1 · same meaning "hariṇī" is the vocative dual of "hari" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "hariṇī" is the feminine form of "hariṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
hariṇī (ī), f., see below.
hariṇī f. a female deer, doe, TS. &c. &c.
Rubia Munjista, L.
yellow jasmine, L.
one of the four kinds of beautiful women (corresponding to the kind of man termed mṛga), L.
1. harin m. (mc. for hari, only in gen. pl. hariṇām) a monkey, R. (B.) iv, 44, 16.
2. harin in comp. for harit.
1. hari mfn. (for 2. See col. 3) bearing, carrying (see dṛti and nātha-h˚).
2. hari mfn. (prob. fr. a lost √ hṛ, ‘to be yellow or green’; for 1. hari See above, col. 2) fawn-coloured, reddish brown, brown, tawny, pale yellow, yellow, fallow, bay (esp. applied to horses), green, greenish, RV. &c., &c.
hariṇa mf(ī)n. (the fem. hariṇī belongs to harita) fawn-coloured, yellowish, tawny (also said of unhealthy complexion), greenish, green, MaitrUp.; MBh.
hariṇa m. yellowish (&c.) the colour, L.
Alternative readings
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