As a deity name
Name 4 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
शिवप्रिया · noun · feminine
दुर्गा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "शिवप्रिया" is शिवप्रिय + -आ: शिवप्रिय means "रुद्राक्ष", 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 "शिवप्रिया" is शिवप्रिय + -आ: शिवप्रिय means "रुद्राक्ष", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: the goddess Durgā
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śivapriyā" is the feminine form of "śivapriya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
śiva—priyā (ā), f. N. of the goddess Durgā, L.
śiva—priya mfn. dear to or esteemed by Ś˚, W.
śiva—priya m. Agati Grandiflora, L.
Alternative readings
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