As a deity name
Name 339 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
शार्वरी · noun · feminine
रात । रात्रि · लोध — Śabdasāgara
शार्वरी · noun · masculine
बृहस्पति के साठ संवत्सरों में से चौंतीसवाँ संवत्सर — Śabdasāgara
शार्वरी · śārvarī · s.f.
Night — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 717
Cited formation "शार्वरी" is शार्वर + -ई: शार्वर means "(f. -ī), Belonging to night, nocturnal", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "शार्वरी" is शार्वर + -ई: शार्वर means "(f. -ī), Belonging to night, nocturnal", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "शार्वरी" is शार्वर + -ई: शार्वर means "(f. -ī), Belonging to night, nocturnal", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. śarvarī) belonging to night, nocturnal
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śārvarī" is the nominative of "śārvarin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śārvarī mf(ī)n. (fr. śarvarī) belonging to night, nocturnal, Kād.; Hcar.; Vās.
pernicious, murderous, L.
śārvarī f. night, Vcar.; ŚārṅgP.
śārvarī n. (L. also m.) darkness, gloom, BhP.
śārvarin m. (cf. śarvarin) N. of the 34th year of Jupiter's cycle of 60 years, Cat.
Alternative readings
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