As a deity name
Name 102 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 771 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
कलावती · adj
स्त्री॰ · जिसमें कला हो · शोभावाली । छविवाली — Śabdasāgara
कलावती · noun · feminine
तुंबुरु नामक गंधर्व की वीणा · द्रुमिल राजा की पत्नी · एक अप्सरा का नाम — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कलावती" is कलाव + -ती: कलाव means "[स्त्री॰ अल्पा कलाई]", and the suffix -ती forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(17) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कलावती" is कलावत + -ई: कलावत means "[स्त्री॰ अल्पा कलाई]", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कलावती" is कलावत + -ई: कलावत means "[स्त्री॰ अल्पा कलाई]", 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: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a mystical ceremony (the initiation of the Tantrika student in which the goddess Durgā is supposed to be transferred from the water-jar to the body of the novice)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kalāvatī" is the vocative dual of "kalāvat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "kalāvat" is derived from "kalā" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kalā f. See kalā below.
kalā f. (etym. doubtful) a small part of anything, any single part or portion of a whole, esp. a sixteenth part, RV. viii, 47, 17; TS.; ŚBr.; Mn. &c.
kalā—vat m. ‘having digits’, the moon, Kum.
kalāvat a. Versed in the(64) arts; Māl. 2. 10. — m. The moon (having digits); Ku. 5. 71; Māl. 2. 10.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kalā—vatī f. a mystical ceremony (the initiation of the Tantrika student in which the goddess Durgā is supposed to be transferred from the water-jar to the body of the novice), Tantras.
(in mus.) a particular Mūrchanā
the lute of the Gandharva Tumburu, L.
N. of an Apsaras
of a daughter of the Apsaras Alambuṣā, Kathās. cxxi, 111 ff.
kalā—vat m. ‘having digits’, the moon, Kum.
kalāvat a. Versed in the(64) arts; Māl. 2. 10. — m. The moon (having digits); Ku. 5. 71; Māl. 2. 10.
kalā f. See kalā below.
kalā f. (etym. doubtful) a small part of anything, any single part or portion of a whole, esp. a sixteenth part, RV. viii, 47, 17; TS.; ŚBr.; Mn. &c.
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