As a deity name
Name 925 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 387 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 900 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
वासवी · noun · feminine
व्यास की माता सत्यवती । मत्स्यगंधा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वासवी" is वासव + -ई: वासव means "Belonging to Indra", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "वासवी" is वासव + -ई: वासव means "Belonging to Indra", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "वासवी" is वासव + -ई: वासव means "Belonging to Indra", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
patr. of the mother of Vyāsa (she was the offspring of the Apsaras Adrikā, who as a fish had swallowed the seed of king Vasu)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vāsavī" is the nominative dual of "vāsavi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vāsavī" is the feminine form of "vāsava" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vāsavī (ī), f. patr. of the mother of Vyāsa (she was the offspring of the Apsaras Adrikā, who as a fish had swallowed the seed of king Vasu), MBh.; BhP.
Indra's energy, Cat.
(with or scil. diś) Indra's region or quarter, the east, Kād.
vāsavī N. of the mother of Vyāsa.
vāsavi m. ‘Indra's son’, N. of Arjuna, MBh.
of the monkey Vālin, R.
vāsava mf(ī)n. (fr. 1. vasu) relating or belonging to the Vasus, derived or descended from them &c., AV.; TS.; Kāṭh.; ĀśvŚr.
relating or belonging to (king) Vasu, MBh.
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