As a deity name
Name 463 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
कर्षणी · karshanī · s.f.
A hooked instrument; a drag; a hook; fish-hook — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 826
Cited formation "कर्षणी" is कर्षण + -ई: कर्षण means "pulling, drawing, haulage", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "कर्षणी" is कर्षण + -ई: कर्षण means "pulling, drawing, haulage", 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 "कर्षणी" is कर्षण + -ई: कर्षण means "pulling, drawing, haulage", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: a plant (= kṣīriṇī)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "karṣaṇī" is the nominative dual of "karṣaṇi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
karṣaṇī f. N. of a plant (= kṣīriṇī), L.
karṣaṇi f. an unchaste woman (‘attracting men’, BRD.; erroneous for dharṣaṇi, T.), L.
karṣaṇi f. (-ṇiḥ) A dishonest woman. E. kṛṣa and ani aff.
Alternative readings
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