Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 216 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 426 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
तृष्णा · noun · feminine
प्राप्ति के लिये आकुल करनेवाली इच्छा । लोभ । लालच · प्यास — Śabdasāgara
तृष्णा · tr̤ishṇā · s.f.
Thirst; strong desire; ambition; cupidity, avarice — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 318
तृष्णा · feminine
thirst; desire, want
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi तृष्णा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
tṛṣṇā f. thirst, i, vii, ix; AV.; ŚBr. &c.
desire, avidity (chiefly ifc.), R.; Ragh.; BhP. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
thirst, &c.
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Dictionary citations
tṛṣṇā f. thirst, i, vii, ix; AV.; ŚBr. &c.
desire, avidity (chiefly ifc.), R.; Ragh.; BhP. &c.
Avidity as mother of Dambha (Prab. ii, 11/12), daughter of Death (Mṛtyu, VP. i, 7, 31; or Māra, Lalit. xxiv, 20), generated by Vedanā and generating Upādāna (Buddh.)
cf. ati-.
tṛṣṇā [tṛṣ na kicca] 1 Thirst (lit. and fig.); tṛṣṇāṃ chinattyātmanaḥ H. 1. 171; Rs. 1. 15. 2 Desire, strong desire, greed, avidity, desire of gain; tṛṣṇāṃ chiṃddhi Bh. 2. 77, 3. 5; R. 8. 2. Comp. — kṣayaḥ cessation of desire, tranquillity of mind, contentment.
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