As a deity name
Name 153 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
साध्वी · feminine
female monk
Śabdasāgara also records: स्त्री॰ · पतिव्रता । पतिपरायणा (स्त्री)
Platts (p. 623) also records: f. Virtuous, chaste, good, &c. (see sādhu)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi साध्वी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit साध्वी (sādhvī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sādhvī (vī), f. a chaste or virtuous woman, faithful wife, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a saintly woman, W.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a chaste or virtuous woman, faithful wife, &c.
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Dictionary citations
sādhvī (vī), f. a chaste or virtuous woman, faithful wife, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a saintly woman, W.
a kind of root (= medā), L.
sādhvī f. See under sādhu, p. 1201, col. 2
sādhvī 1 A virtuous or chaste woman. 2 A faithful wife. 3 N. (pb) of a kind of root.
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