As a deity name
Name 895 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
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 loved wife, mistress, any woman (also applied to the female of an animal or bird), &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vanitāyai" is the dative of "vanitā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vanitā" is derived from "vani" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vani f. wish, desire, AV.
vani m. fire, L. (vani ifc.) procuring, bestowing (cf. rāyas-poṣa-v˚ and Pāṇ. iii, 2, 27).
vanitā f. a loved wife, mistress, any woman (also applied to the female of an animal or bird), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a kind of metre, Col.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vanitā f. a loved wife, mistress, any woman (also applied to the female of an animal or bird), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a kind of metre, Col.
vani f. wish, desire, AV.
vani m. fire, L. (vani ifc.) procuring, bestowing (cf. rāyas-poṣa-v˚ and Pāṇ. iii, 2, 27).
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