As a deity name
Name 129 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 317 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 729 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
कल्याणी · adj
स्त्री॰ · कल्याण करनेवाली । सुंदरी · कल्याणकर । मंगलकारक — Śabdasāgara
कल्याणी · noun · feminine
माषपर्णी । जगली उड़द · गाय · प्रयाग तीर्थ की एक प्रसिद्ध देवी — Śabdasāgara
कल्याणी · kalyāṇī · adj.
Excellent; useful; efficacious (as a drug, &c.); auspicious — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 845
कल्याणी · feminine
Kalyani (a city in West Bengal, India); a female given name, Kalyani, from Sanskrit
कल्याणी
auspicious, beneficial, prosperous
Cited formation "कल्याणी" is कल्याण + -ई: कल्याण means "fortunate, good", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "कल्याणी" is कल्याण + -ई: कल्याण means "fortunate, good", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "कल्याणी" is कल्याण + -ई: कल्याण means "fortunate, good", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Feminine of Sanskrit कल्याण (kalyāṇa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a cow
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kalyāṇī" is the nominative of "kalyāṇin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kalyāṇī" is the feminine form of "kalyāṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kalyāṇī f. a cow, L.
the plant Glycine Debilis, L.
red arsenic, L.
a particular Rāgiṇī
N. of Dākṣāyaṇī in Malaya
kalyāṇin mfn. happy, lucky, auspicious, prosperous
illustrious
kalyāṇa mf(ī)n. (g. bahv-ādi) beautiful, agreeable, RV.; ŚBr. &c.
illustrious, noble, generous
Alternative readings
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