As a deity name
Name 261 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 604 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 170 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 930 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
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
the string by which a churning-stick is whirled round
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "netre" is the locative of "netra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "netre" is the dative of "netṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
netra m. a leader, guide (with gen. R. [B.] iii, 66, 10; mostly ifc., e.g. tvaṃ-netra, ‘having you for guide’, MBh. ii, 2486 [f. ā, ib. ix, 222]; cf. Pāṇ. v, 4, 116, Vārtt. 2, 3, Pat.), AitUp.; MBh.; BhP.
N. of a son of Dharma and father of Kuntī, BhP.
netṛ &c. See p. 568, col. 3.
netṛ mfn. leading, guiding, one who leads or will lead, RV. x, 26, 5
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