As a deity name
Name 656 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
शशिप्रभा · noun · feminine
ज्योत्सना । चाँदनी — Śabdasāgara
शशिप्रभा · feminine
a female given name, Shashiprabha, from Sanskrit
शशिप्रभा · feminine
moonlight
Cited formation "शशिप्रभा" is शशिप्रभ + -आ: शशिप्रभ means "वह जिसकी प्रभा चंद्रमा के समान हो", 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
Cited formation "शशिप्रभा" is शशिप्रभ + -आ: शशिप्रभ means "वह जिसकी प्रभा चंद्रमा के समान हो", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From शशि (śaśi) + प्रभा (prabhā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the moon's lustre, m˚-light
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śaśiprabhā" is the feminine form of "śaśiprabha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
śaśi—prabhā f. N. of a woman, Kathās.
śaśi—prabhā f. the moon's lustre, m˚-light, L.
śaśi—prabha mfn. shining like the m˚, radiant as the moon, Ragh.
śaśi—prabha n. a lotus-flower opening by night, L.
Alternative readings
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