As a deity name
Name 83 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 296 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 589 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
नारायणी · noun · feminine
दुर्गा · लक्ष्मी · गंगा — Śabdasāgara
नारायणी
विश्वामित्र के एक पुत्र का नाम — Śabdasāgara
नारायणी · nārāyaṇī · s.f.
An epithet of Lakshmī, the goddess of prosperity, and wife of Nārāyaṇ or Vishṇu — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1113
नारायणी · nārāyaṇī · adj.
Of, or relating, or referring to, Nārāyaṇ — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1113
Cited formation "नारायणी" is नारायण + -ई: नारायण means "Narayana, the god Vishnu", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नारायणी" is नारायण + -ई: नारायण means "Narayana, the god Vishnu", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नारायणी" is नारायण + -ई: नारायण means "Narayana, the god Vishnu", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
patr. of Indra-senā (the wife of Mudgala)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nārāyaṇī" is the nominative dual of "nārāyaṇi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "nārāyaṇī" is the feminine form of "nārāyaṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
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
nārāyaṇī (ī), f., see s.v.
nārāyaṇī f. (of ˚ṇa, q.v.) patr. of Indra-senā (the wife of Mudgala), MBh.; Hariv.
N. of Durgā, Hariv.
of Lakṣmī, L.
of Gaṅgā and Gaṇḍakī, L.
nārāyaṇi m. N. of a son of Viśvā-mitra, Hariv.
nārāyaṇa m. (patr. fr. nara, q.v.) the son of the original Man (with whom he is generally associated, e.g. Mn. i, 10; he is identified with Brahmā, ib. 11 with Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, TĀr.; MBh. &c.; the Apsaras Urvaśī is said to have sprung from his thigh, Hariv. 4601; elsewhere he is regarded as a Kaśyapa or Aṅgirasa, also as chief of the Sādhyas, and with Jainas as the 8th of the 9 black Vāsudevas)
the Puruṣa-hymn (RV. x, 90, said to have been composed by N˚), ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
nār Vṛddhi form of nṛ in comp.
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