As a deity name
Name 294 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
ईशानी · feminine
epithet of Goddess Durga/Parvati, as the feminine aspect of Shiva/Ishan; a female given name, Ishani, from Sanskrit
ईशानी
relating to the northeast direction; ruling, controlling
Śabdasāgara also records: दुर्गा · सेमल का वृक्ष
Cited formation "ईशानी" is ईश + -आनी: ईश means "synonym of ईश्वर (īśvar, “lord, husband, God, deity”)", and the suffix -आनी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §6 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "ईशानी" is ईशा + -आनी: ईशा means "night", and the suffix -आनी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §6 — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ईशानी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit ईशानी (īśānī). By surface analysis, ईशान (īśān) + -ई (-ī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
īśānī f. the silk-cotton tree, Bombax Heptaphyllum, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the silk-cotton tree, Bombax Heptaphyllum
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Dictionary citations
īśānī f. the silk-cotton tree, Bombax Heptaphyllum, L.
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