As a deity name
Name 32 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 825 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Pleasure, happiness, satisfaction, delight, gladness, joy, gratification; bhuvanālokanaprītiḥ, 2 Favour, kindness. 3 Love, affection, regard; 4 Liking or fondness for, delight in…
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M2 · same meaning "prītiḥ" is "prīti" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationDictionary citations
prītiḥ [prī bhāve ktic] 1 f. Pleasure, happiness, satisfaction, delight, gladness, joy, gratification; bhuvanālokanaprītiḥ Ku. 2. 45, 6. 21; R. 2. 51; Me. 62. 2 Favour, kindness. 3 Love, affection, regard; Me. 4, 16; R. 1. 57; 12. 54. 4 Liking or fondness for, delight in, addiction to; dyūta˚, mṛgayā˚. 5 Friendliness, amity. 6 Conciliation. 7 A symbolical expression for the letter dha. 8 N. of a wife of Cupid and rival of Rati; (sapatnī saṃjātā ratyāḥ prītiriti śrutā). Comp. — kara a. producing love, kind, agreeable. — karman n. an act of friendship or love, a kind action. — juṣā N. of the wife of aniruddha. — tṛṣ m. N. of cupid. — da a. inspiring love; giving pleasure, pleasing. — (daḥ) a jester or buffoon in a play. — datta a. given through affection. — (ttaṃ) property given to a female by her relatives, particularly by her father-in-law or motherin-law at the time of marriage. — dānaṃ, -dāyaḥ a gift of love, a friendly present; tadavasaro'yaṃ prītidāyasya Māl. 4; R. 15. 68. — dhanaṃ money given through love or friendship. — pātraṃ an object of love, any beloved person or object. — puroga a. affectionate, loving. — pūrvaṃ, pūrvakaṃ ind. kindly, affectionately. — pramukha a. friendly, affectionate, full of love, kind; Me. 4. — bhāj a. enjoying friendship, loved. — manas a. 1 delighted in mind, pleased, happy. 2 kind, affectionate. — maya a. arising from love or joy. — yuj a. dear, affectionate, beloved; Ki. 1. 10. — vacas n., — vacanaṃ a friendly or kind speech. — vardhana a. increasing love or joy. — (naḥ) an epithet of Viṣṇu. — vādaḥ a friendly discussion. — vivāhaḥ a love-marriage, love-match (based purely on love). — śrāddhaṃ a sort of Śrāddha or obsequial ceremony performed in honour of the Manes of both parents. — snigdha a. moist or wet through love (as the eyes).
prīti f. any pleasurable sensation, pleasure, joy, gladness, satisfaction (with loc. or ifc.; with ind.p., ‘joy at having done anything’), GṛŚrS. &c. &c.
friendly disposition, kindness, favour, grace, amity (with samam or ifc.), affection, love (with gen. loc., or ifc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
Alternative readings
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