As a deity name
Name 472 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
पापनाशिनी · noun · masculine
शमीवृक्ष · कृष्ण तुलसी — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sin-destroying, purifying — feminine form of pāpanāśin
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member nASinI unglossed)Multiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pāpanāśinī" is the feminine form of "pāpanāśin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
Dictionary citations
pāpa—nāśin mfn. sin-destroying, purifying, W.
pāpanāśin mfn. (-śī-śinī-śi) Purifying, sin-destroying. E. pāpa, and nāśin destroying.
Alternative readings
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