As a deity name
Name 794 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 273 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
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
(with or scil. diś or āśā) the east
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "māhendrī" is the feminine form of "māhendra" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
māhendrī (ī), f. (with or scil. diś or āśā) the east, MBh.; VarBṛS.; Rājat.
the Consort or Energy of Indra (one of the seven divine Mātṛs and one of the Mātṛs of Skanda), MBh.
a partic. Iṣṭi, ĀśvŚr.
a large banana, L.
a cow, L. (cf. māheyī)
māhendra mf(ī)n. (fr. mahendra) relating or belonging to great Indra, VS. &c. &c. (˚dram dhanus n. the rainbow; ˚dram ambhas n. rain-water)
eastern, running or flowing eastward, VarBṛS.; Rājat.
Alternative readings
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