As a deity name
Name 383 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
a killer, destroyer, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nihantre" is the dative of "nihantṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
ni-˚hantṛ m. a killer, destroyer, Mn.; MBh. &c.
one who removes or expels or hinders, Vikr.; Suśr.
Caveats
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