As a deity name
Name 841 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
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
a species of plant (= svarṇa-kṣīrī)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rukmiṇyai" is the dative of "rukmiṇī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "rukmiṇyai" is the dative of "rukmin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
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.
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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