As a deity name
Name 86 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
प्रभावती · noun · feminine
महाभारत के अनुसार सूर्य की पत्नी का नाम · तेरह अक्षरों का एक छंद जिसे 'रुचिरा' कहते हैं · शिव के एक गण की वीणा का नाम — Śabdasāgara
प्रभावती · adj
स्त्री॰ प्रभावाली । कांतिमती — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रभावती" is प्र- + भावती: भावती means "स्त्री॰ [हिं॰ भावता] जो भला लगे । भला लगनेवाली", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रभावती" is प्रभाव + -ती: प्रभाव means "effect, reaction, consequence", and the suffix -ती forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(17) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the lute of one of the Gaṇas or demigods attendant on Śiva
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "prabhāvatī" is the vocative dual of "prabhāvat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "prabhāvat" is derived from "prabhā" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
pra-√ 1. bhā P. -bhāti, to shine forth, begin to become light, shine, gleam, RV. &c. &c.; to appear, seem, look like (nom. with or without iva), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to illuminate, enlighten, TUp.
prabhā f. light, splendour, radiance, beautiful appearance (ifc. often mfn. with f(ā). ), Mn.; MBh. &c.
prabhā—vat mfn. luminous, radiant, splendid, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
prabhāvat a. Luminous, radiant, splendid.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
prabhā—vatī (ī), f. the lute of one of the Gaṇas or demigods attendant on Śiva, L.
a kind of metre, Śrutab.
(in music) a partic. Śruti, Saṃgīt.
N. of a Buddh. deity, Lalit.
of the wife of the sun, MBh.
prabhā—vat mfn. luminous, radiant, splendid, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
prabhāvat a. Luminous, radiant, splendid.
pra-√ 1. bhā P. -bhāti, to shine forth, begin to become light, shine, gleam, RV. &c. &c.; to appear, seem, look like (nom. with or without iva), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to illuminate, enlighten, TUp.
prabhā f. light, splendour, radiance, beautiful appearance (ifc. often mfn. with f(ā). ), Mn.; MBh. &c.
Alternative readings
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