As a deity name
Name 882 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
खट्वा · noun · feminine
खटिया । चारपाई । सुश्रुत के अनुसार फोड़ा आदि बाँधने की १४ प्रकार की पट्टियों में से एक, जिसका व्यवहार माथे या गले आदि को बाँधाने के लिये किया जाता है · दोला । झूला (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
खट्वा · khaṭvā · s.f.
A bedstead, couch, cot; a swing; a hammock — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 871
खट्वा · feminine
bed
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi खट्वा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
khaṭvā f. a bedstead, couch, cot, Kauś.; Mn. viii, 357 &c. (khaṭvāṃ samārūḍha, lying on the sick-bed, MBh. v, 1474 = xii, 10599)
a swing, hammock, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a swing, hammock
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "khaṭvā" is the instrumental of "khaṭū" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
khaṭvā f. a bedstead, couch, cot, Kauś.; Mn. viii, 357 &c. (khaṭvāṃ samārūḍha, lying on the sick-bed, MBh. v, 1474 = xii, 10599)
a swing, hammock, L.
a kind of bandage, Suśr.
N. of a plant (kola-śimbī), L.
khaṭvā [khaṭ-kvun; cf. Uṇ. 1. 150] 1 A bedstead, couch, cot. 2 A swing, hammock. 3 A kind of bandage. Comp. — aṃgaḥ 1 a club or staff with a skull at the top considered as the weapon of Śiva and carried by ascetics and Yogins; Māl. 5. 4, 23. 2 N. of Dilīpa. ˚dhara, bhṛt an epithet of Śiva. — aṃgin m. an epithet of Śiva. — āpluta, — ārūḍha a. 1 lying on a bed. 2 low, vile 3 abandoned, wicked. 4 silly, stupid. 5 erring, going wrong or astray.
khaṭū m. or f. (?), an ornament worn on the wrist or ancle, W.
Alternative readings
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