As a deity name
Name 396 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
हविष्मती · noun · feminine
कामधेनु — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: the mythical cow Kāma-dhenu
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "haviṣmatī" is the vocative dual of "haviṣmat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "haviṣmat" is derived from "havis" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
havis n. an oblation or burnt offering, anything offered as an oblation with fire (as clarified butter, milk, Soma, grain; haviṣ √ kṛ, ‘to prepare an oblation’, ‘make into an oblation’), RV. &c. &c.
water, Naigh. i, 12
haviṣ—mat (haviṣ-), mfn. possessing or offering an obl˚, RV.; AV.; KaṭhUp.
attended with or containing obl˚, RV.; VS.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
haviṣ—matī (atī), f. N. of the mythical cow Kāma-dhenu, BhP.
of a daughter of Aṅgiras, MBh.
haviṣ—mat (haviṣ-), mfn. possessing or offering an obl˚, RV.; AV.; KaṭhUp.
attended with or containing obl˚, RV.; VS.
havis n. an oblation or burnt offering, anything offered as an oblation with fire (as clarified butter, milk, Soma, grain; haviṣ √ kṛ, ‘to prepare an oblation’, ‘make into an oblation’), RV. &c. &c.
water, Naigh. i, 12
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