As a deity name
Name 35 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 745 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
मृड़ानी · noun · feminine
दुर्गा । भवानी । पार्वती — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मृडानी" is मृड़ + -आनी: मृड़ means "[स्त्री॰ मृडानी] शिव । महादेव", and the suffix -आनी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §6 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मृडानी" is मृडा़ + -आनी: मृडा़ means "दुर्गा । पार्वती", and the suffix -आनी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §6 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मृडानी" is मृडा़ + -नी: मृडा़ means "दुर्गा । पार्वती", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘wife of Mṛḍa or Śiva’, N. of Parvatī
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mṛḍānī" is the nominative of "mṛḍa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mṛ˚ḍānī f. ‘wife of Mṛḍa or Śiva’, N. of Parvatī, Kathās.
mṛḍā, mṛḍānī, mṛḍī An epithet of Pārvatī: śaṃke suṃdari kālakūṭamapibat mūḍho mṛḍānīpatiḥ Gīt. 12.
mṛḍa mfn. showing compassion or mercy, gracious, Kāṭh.; ĀśvGṛ.
mṛḍa m. N. of Agni at the Pūrṇāhuti, Gṛhyās.
Alternative readings
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