As a deity name
Name 422 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
महिषी · noun · feminine
भैस · रानी, विशेषतः पटरानी · सैरिंध्री — Śabdasāgara
महिषी · mahishī · s.f.
A buffalo-cow (i.q. bhaiṅs) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1100
Cited formation "महिषी" is महिष + -ई: महिष means "A buffalo (i.q. bhaiṅsā)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "महिषी" is महिष + -ई: महिष means "A buffalo (i.q. bhaiṅsā)", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "महिषी" is महिष + -ई: महिष means "A buffalo (i.q. bhaiṅsā)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female buffalo, b˚-cow, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahiṣī" is the nominative dual of "mahiṣi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mahiṣī (ī), f. See below.
mahiṣī f. a female buffalo, b˚-cow, Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
any woman of high rank, (esp.) the first or consecrated wife of a king (also pl.) or any queen, RV. &c. &c.
the female of a bird, BhP.
(with samudrasya), N. of the Gaṅgā, Hariv.
mahiṣi m. pl. N. of a people, VP.
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