As a deity name
Name 902 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Nearest attested word 'वादिनी' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is वादि, meaning विद्धान् । बुद्धिमान । चतुर. — Śabdasāgara nearest word: वादि — a suggestion, not a meaning
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female musician
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vādinī" is the feminine form of "vādin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
M1 · same meaning "vādinī" is the vocative dual of "vādi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vādinī (inī), f. a female musician, R.
(prob.) N. of a Comm. on the Amara-koṣa.
vādin mfn. saying, discoursing, speaking, talking, speaking or talking about (often ifc. or sometimes with acc. of object), declaring, proclaiming, denoting, designating (or sometimes = designated as, addressed by a title &c.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
producing sounds, ŚāṅkhŚr.
1. vādi mfn. speaking, Uṇ. iv, 124, Sch.
learned, wise, ib.
Alternative readings
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