As a deity name
Name 147 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
वह
that; he, she, it; that one (distal third person singular personal pronoun)
Śabdasāgara also records: बेतवा नदी जो मालवे से निकलकर कालपी के पास यमुना में मिलतो है · द्वाररक्षिका
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit अदस् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Uncertain, but most likely from Old Hindi उहु (uhu), उहुं (uhuṃ), from Apabhramsa ओहु (ohu), from Prakrit अहो (aho), from Sanskrit अ॒सौ m (asáu, “that”). The inflected forms are formed by analogy with its proximal counterpart यह (yah) or with सो (so) ~ तिस (tis), the archaic thir…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
adas nom. m. f. asau (voc. asau, MaitrS.) (n. adas), (opposed to idam, q.v.), that, a certain
adas (adas) ind. thus, so, there.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female door-keeper
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M1 · same meaning "vetravatī" is the vocative dual of "vetravat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vetravat" is derived from "vetra" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vetra m. n. (accord. to Uṇ. iv, 166, fr. √ 1. vī; prob. connected with √ 1. ve cf. veṇu) a kind of large reed (used for making sticks, prob. Calamus Rotang or Fasciculatus), Kauś.; MBh. &c.
vetra n. a cane, staff, VarBṛS.; BhP.; MaitrUp., Sch.
vetra—vat mfn. containing or consisting of reeds, BhP.
vetra—vat m. N. of a mythical being (a son of Pūṣan), Kathās.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vetra—vatī f. a female door-keeper, Śak.; Prab.
a form of Durgā, Hariv. (v.l. citra-rathī)
N. of a river (now called the Betwā, which, rising among the Vindhya hills in the Bhopāl State and following a north-easterly direction for about 360 miles, falls into the Jumnā below Hamīrpur), MBh.; R. &c.
of the mother of Vetrāsura, VarP.
vetravatī 1 A female doorkeeper. 2 N. of a river; Me. 24.
vetra—vat mfn. containing or consisting of reeds, BhP.
vetra—vat m. N. of a mythical being (a son of Pūṣan), Kathās.
vetra m. n. (accord. to Uṇ. iv, 166, fr. √ 1. vī; prob. connected with √ 1. ve cf. veṇu) a kind of large reed (used for making sticks, prob. Calamus Rotang or Fasciculatus), Kauś.; MBh. &c.
vetra n. a cane, staff, VarBṛS.; BhP.; MaitrUp., Sch.
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