As a deity name
Name 317 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 298 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 633 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
जाह्नवी · noun · feminine
जह्नु ऋषि से उत्पन्न, गंगा — Śabdasāgara
जाह्नवी · jāhnavī · s.f.
'The daughter of Jahnu,' an epithet of the Ganges — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 374
जाह्नवी · feminine
Jahnavi, an epithet of the river Ganga (the daughter of sage Jahnu); a female given name, Jahnavi or Jahnvi, from Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi जाह्नवी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit जाह्नवी (jāhnavī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
jāhnavī f. ‘daughter of Jahnu (q.v.)’, the Gaṅgā, MBh. iii, v, xiii (metrically ˚vi, 7680), Bhag.; Hariv. &c.
jāhnavī [jahroḥ apatyaṃ strī aṇ ṅīp] An epithet of the river Ganges.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘daughter of Jahnu (q.v.)’, the Gaṅgā, (metrically ˚vi, ), &c.
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jāhnavī f. ‘daughter of Jahnu (q.v.)’, the Gaṅgā, MBh. iii, v, xiii (metrically ˚vi, 7680), Bhag.; Hariv. &c.
jāhnavī [jahroḥ apatyaṃ strī aṇ ṅīp] An epithet of the river Ganges.
jāhnavī f. (-vī) GAṄGĀ or the Ganges personified. E. jahnu a saint, aṇ affix of descent, fem. affix ṅīṣ, the daughter of JAHNU: see jahnutanayā.
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