As a deity name
Name 466 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
पूतना · noun · feminine
एक दानवी जो कंस के भेजने से बालक श्रीकृष्ण को मारने के लिये गोकुल आई थी · सुश्रुत के अनुसार एक बालग्रह या बालरोग — Śabdasāgara
पूतना · pūtanā · s.f.
Name of a female demon (said to cause a particular disease in children. She was sent by Kans to destroy the infant Krishṇa; but when she offered him her poisoned breast to suck, he seized and held it till he sucked away her life) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 277
Cited formation "पूतना" is पूत + -ना: पूत means "son", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पूतना" is पूतना + -ना: पूतना means "Name of a female demon (said to cause a particular disease in children. She was sent by Kans to destroy the infant Krishṇa", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "पूतना" is पूतन + -आ: पूतन means "वैद्यक के अनुसार गुदा में होनेवाला एक प्रकार का रोग", 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: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Terminalia Chebula
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pūtanā" is the feminine form of "pūtana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
pūtanā f. See next.
pūtanā f. N. of a female demon (said to cause a partic. disease in children, and to have offered her poisoned breast to the infant Kṛṣṇa who seized it and sucked away her life; regarded also as one of the Mātṛs attending upon Skanda, and as a Yoginī), MBh.; Hariv.; Kāv.; Pur.
a kind of disease in a child (ascribed to the demon P˚), W.
Terminalia Chebula, L.
a species of Valeriana, L.
pūtana m. a partic. class of demons or spirits (also = vetāla), Mālatīm.; Bālar.; SaddhP.
Alternative readings
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