As a deity name
Name 866 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 592 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
पौत्री · noun · feminine
पुत्र की पुत्री । पोती · दुर्गा — Śabdasāgara
पौत्री · pautrī · s.f.
A son's daughter, granddaughter — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 277
Cited formation "पौत्री" is पौत्र + -ई: पौत्र means "A grandson ( = potā, q.v.)", 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 "पौत्री" is पौत्र + -ई: पौत्र means "A grandson ( = potā, q.v.)", 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
Cited formation "पौत्री" is पौत्र + -ई: पौत्र means "A grandson ( = potā, q.v.)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a granddaughter
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pautrī" is the nominative of "pautrin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "pautrī" is the feminine form of "pautra" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
pautrī (ī), f. a granddaughter, MBh.; Hariv.; Kathās.
N. of Durgā, L.
pautrin mfn. (fr. pautra) having a grandson, Mn. ix, 136.
1. pautra mf(ī)n. (fr. putra) derived from or relating to a son or children, AV.; MBh. &c. (with iṣṭi f. ‘a sacrifice performed to obtain a son’, R.)
pautra m. a son's son, grandson, AV.; Br. &c. (also -ka, Kāv.)
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