As a deity name
Name 152 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 587 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 588 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
पतिव्रता · adj
पति में अनन्य अनुराग रखनेवाली और यथाविधि पतिसेवा करनेवाली (स्त्री) । जिस (स्त्री) का प्रेमपात्र और उपास्य एकमात्र पति हो । सब प्रकार पति के अनुकूल आचरण करनेवाली (स्त्री) । सती । साध्वी । सच्चरित्रा — Śabdasāgara
पतिव्रता · pati-vratā
= S پتورت पतिव्रत pati-vrat, See s.v. pati — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 225
Cited formation "पतिव्रता" is पतिव्रत + -आ: पतिव्रत means "= S پتورتا पतिव्रता pati-vratā, See s.v. pati", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "पतिव्रता" is पतिव्रत + -आ: पतिव्रत means "= S پتورتا पतिव्रता pati-vratā, See s.v. pati", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a devoted and virtuous wife, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pativratā" is the feminine form of "pativrata" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
pati—vratā f. a devoted and virtuous wife, Mn.; MBh. &c.
pativratā f. (-tā) A good and virtuous wife. E. pati a husband, vrata a religious obligation; who never violates her marriage vow.
pati—vrata n. loyalty or fidelity to a h˚, R.
Alternative readings
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