As a deity name
Name 841 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 493 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
रुक्मिणी · noun · feminine
श्रीकृष्ण की पटरानियों में से बड़ी और पहली जो विदर्भ देश के राजा भीष्मक की कन्या थी — Śabdasāgara
रुक्मिणी · feminine
Rukmini, the principal wife and queen of Lord Krishna; a female given name, Rukmini, from Sanskrit
Cited formation "रुक्मिणी" is रुक्मिण + -ई: रुक्मिण means "श्रीकृष्ण की पटरानियों में से बड़ी और पहली जो विदर्भ देश के राजा भीष्मक की कन्या थी", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "रुक्मिणी" is रुक्मिण + -ई: रुक्मिण means "श्रीकृष्ण की पटरानियों में से बड़ी और पहली जो विदर्भ देश के राजा भीष्मक की कन्या थी", 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: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रुक्मिणी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit रुक्मिणी (rukmiṇī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rukmiṇī f. (of rukmin) a species of plant (= svarṇa-kṣīrī), L.
N. of a daughter of Bhīṣmaka and sister of Rukmin (betrothed by her father to Śiśu-pāla but a secret lover of Kṛṣṇa, who, assisted by Bala-rāma, carried her off after defeating her brother in battle; she is represented as mother of Pradyumna, and in later mythology is identified with Lakṣmī), MBh.; Kāv.; Pur.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a species of plant (= svarṇa-kṣīrī)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rukmiṇī" is the vocative dual of "rukmi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "rukmiṇī" is the feminine form of "rukmin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
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Dictionary citations
rukmiṇī f. (of rukmin) a species of plant (= svarṇa-kṣīrī), L.
N. of a daughter of Bhīṣmaka and sister of Rukmin (betrothed by her father to Śiśu-pāla but a secret lover of Kṛṣṇa, who, assisted by Bala-rāma, carried her off after defeating her brother in battle; she is represented as mother of Pradyumna, and in later mythology is identified with Lakṣmī), MBh.; Kāv.; Pur.
N. of Dākṣāyaṇī in Dvāravatī, Cat.
of various other women, HPariś.
rukmiṇī f. See above.
1. rukmi m. (only acc. rukmim) = rukmin (son of Bhīṣmaka), Hariv.
2. rukmi in comp. for rukmin.
rukmin mf(iṇī)n. wearing golden ornaments, adorned with gold, RV.; Br.
rukmin m. N. of the eldest son of Bhīṣmaka and adversary of Kṛṣṇa (he was slain by Bala-rāma; see rukmiṇī above), MBh.; Hariv.; Pur.
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