As a deity name
Name 1037 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
Recorded as a personal name: a son of Viśvā-mitra
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nārāyaṇi" is the vocative of "nārāyaṇī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "nārāyaṇi" is derived from "nār" with the phiñ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
nār Vṛddhi form of nṛ in comp.
nārāyaṇi m. N. of a son of Viśvā-mitra, Hariv.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
nārāyaṇi m. N. of a son of Viśvā-mitra, Hariv.
nārāyaṇī (ī), f., see s.v.
nārāyaṇī f. (of ˚ṇa, q.v.) patr. of Indra-senā (the wife of Mudgala), MBh.; Hariv.
nār Vṛddhi form of nṛ in comp.
Alternative readings
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