As a deity name
Name 981 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
A goad, a hook to drive an elephant; madāṃdhakariṇāṃ darpopaśāṃtyai sṛṇiḥ
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M2 · same meaning "sṛṇiḥ" is "sṛṇi" 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
sṛṇiḥ f. A goad, a hook to drive an elephant; madāṃdhakariṇāṃ darpopaśāṃtyai sṛṇiḥ H. 2. 165; Śi. 5. 5. — ṇiḥ 1 An enemy. 2 The moon.
sṛṇi m. f. (said to be fr. √ sṛ) an elephant-goad, Hcar.; Śiś.
sṛṇi m. the moon, Uṇ. iv, 104
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