As a deity name
Name 657 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
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
Nardostachys Jaṭā-māṃsī
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jaṭāvatyai" is the dative of "jaṭāvatī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "jaṭāvatyai" is the dative of "jaṭāvat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "jaṭāvat" is derived from "jaṭā" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
jaṭā f. the hair twisted together (as worn by ascetics, by Śiva, and persons in mourning), PārGṛ. ii, 6; Mn. vi, 6; MBh. (ifc. f(ā). , iii, 16137) &c.
a fibrous root, root (in general), Bhpr. v, 111; ŚārṅgS. i, 46 and 58
jaṭā—vat mfn. = -dhārin, W.
jaṭā—vat m. Śiva, Gal.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
jaṭā—vatī f. Nardostachys Jaṭā-māṃsī, L.
jaṭā—vat mfn. = -dhārin, W.
jaṭā—vat m. Śiva, Gal.
jaṭā f. the hair twisted together (as worn by ascetics, by Śiva, and persons in mourning), PārGṛ. ii, 6; Mn. vi, 6; MBh. (ifc. f(ā). , iii, 16137) &c.
a fibrous root, root (in general), Bhpr. v, 111; ŚārṅgS. i, 46 and 58
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