As a deity name
Name 14 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 545 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 1003 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 68 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
पार्वती · noun · feminine
हिमालय पर्वत की कन्या, शिव की अर्धांगिनी देवी जो गौरी, दुर्गा आदि अनेक नामों से पूजी जाती हैं । शिवा । भवानी · शल्लकी । सलई · गोपीचंदन — Śabdasāgara
पार्वती · pārvatī · s.f.
One of the names of Durgā, the wife of Śiva (as being the daughter of Hima-vat the king of the snowy mountains) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 217
पार्वती · feminine
Parvati, the goddess of fertility, love and devotion also the wife of Lord Shiva; a female given name, Parvati, from Sanskrit
Cited formation "पार्वती" is पार्वत + -ई: पार्वत means "lit. 'Growing on or coming from the mountains'", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "पार्वती" is पार्वत + -ई: पार्वत means "lit. 'Growing on or coming from the mountains'", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पार्वती — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पार्वती (pārvatī)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pārvatī f. See below.
pārvatī f. (of ˚ta) a mountain stream, Naigh. i, 13
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a mountain stream
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pārvatī" is the nominative dual of "pārvati" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "pārvatī" is the feminine form of "pārvata" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
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Dictionary citations
pārvatī f. See below.
pārvatī f. (of ˚ta) a mountain stream, Naigh. i, 13
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a kind of pepper, L.
pārvati m. patr. of Dakṣa, ŚBr.
pārvata mf(ī)n. (fr. parvata) being in or growing on or coming from or consisting of mountains
mountainous, hilly, MBh.; Hariv.; Pur. (cf. Pāṇ. iv, 2, 67, Sch.)
Alternative readings
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