As a deity name
Name 161 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
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
śreṇī 1 A line, series, row; taraṃgabhrūbhaṃgā kṣubhitavihagaśreṇirasanā; saśaibalāsaṃgamapi prakāśate; 2 A flock, multitude, group; 3 A guild or company of traders, artisans &c.…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M2 · same meaning "śreṇiḥ" is "śreṇi" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationDictionary citations
śreṇiḥ m. f., śreṇī f. [śri-ṇi vā ṅīp Uṇ. 4. 51] 1 A line, series, row; taraṃgabhrūbhaṃgā kṣubhitavihagaśreṇirasanā V. 4. 28; na ṣaṭpadaśreṇibhireva paṃkajaṃ saśaibalāsaṃgamapi prakāśate Ku. 5. 9; Me. 28, 35. 2 A flock, multitude, group; U. 4. 3 A guild or company of traders, artisans &c., corporate body. 4 A bucket. Comp. — dharmāḥ (m. pl.) the customs of trades or guilds. — baṃdha a. forming a row, being in a line; R. 1. 41.
śreṇi f. (L. also m.; according to Uṇ. iv, 51, fr. √ śri; connected with śreṭī above) a line, row, range, series, succession, troop, flock, multitude, number, RV. &c. &c.
a swarm (of bees), Śiś.
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