As a deity name
Name 99 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 54 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
विभावरी · noun · feminine
रात्रि । रात · वह रात जिसमें तारे चमकते हों · हरिद्रा । हरदी — Śabdasāgara
विभावरी · feminine
a female given name, Vibhavari or Vibhawari, from Sanskrit
विभावरी · feminine
night, starry night; harlot, prostitute; turmeric
Cited formation "विभावरी" is वि- + भावरी: भावरी means "भृकुटी", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "विभावरी" is विभावर + -ई: विभावर means "उज्वल । प्रदीप्त", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi विभावरी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit विभावरी (vibhāvarī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vi-˚bhāvarī f. (see prec.) brilliant, bright (in RV. often applied to Uṣas, ‘Dawn’; accord. to Nīlak. on MBh. v, 4495 also = kupitā)
the (starry) night, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the shreds of a garment torn in a scuffle (= vivāda-vastra-guṇṭhī or ˚tra-muṇḍī)
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Dictionary citations
vi-˚bhāvarī f. (see prec.) brilliant, bright (in RV. often applied to Uṣas, ‘Dawn’; accord. to Nīlak. on MBh. v, 4495 also = kupitā)
the (starry) night, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
turmeric, L.
= haridrā and ˚drā-dāru, Bhpr.
a kind of ginger, L.
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