# भगवती (bhagavatī)

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भगवती (bhagavatī) is a Sanskrit word meaning fortunate, prosperous, or happy, glorious, divine, adorable, holy, an epithet of Vishnu-Krishna, of Shiva, pertaining to a Buddha, Bodhisattva, or Jina. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Bhagavatī (Goddesses), Attributes & Address (Bhagavat), Bhagavat (Male Deities/Sages).

- **SLP1:** `BagavatI`  **IAST:** bhagavatī  **Devanagari:** भगवती
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhagavati/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** भागवती (bhāgavatī), भागवति (bhāgavati)

## Meanings by context

### Bhagavatī (Goddesses) (5 definitions)
- an epithet of Lakshmi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 744,1] भगवती (bhagavatī) b f. (of ° वत् (°vat) ) N. of Lakṣmī, Pañcarātra (Title) [ ID=147831 ]
- of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Durgā, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=147832 ]
- Name of Durga  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भगवती (bhagavatī) [Printed book page 0806-a ] 1 N. of Durgā. [ ID=21907 ]
- Lakshmi  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भगवती (bhagavatī) [Printed book page 0806-a ] 2 Of Lakṣmī. [ ID=21907 ]
- Maya  
  *The Purana Index*
  > भगवती (bhagavatī) [Printed book page 2-524 ] Bhagavatī — also Māyā. Br. IV. 6. 53; 12. 42. [ ID=9358 ]

### Attributes & Address (Bhagavat) (3 definitions)
- fortunate, prosperous, or happy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 743,3] 2. भग (bhaga) वत् (bhagavat) mfn. (for 1. See under भग (bhaga) ) possessing fortune, fortunate, prosperous, happy, Ṛg-veda (Title); Atharva-veda (Title); Gṛhya-sūtra (Literary category); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=147807 ]
- glorious, divine, adorable  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > glorious, illustrious, divine, adorable, venerable, Atharva-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=147808 ]
- holy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > holy (applied to gods, demigods, and saints as a term of address, either in voc. भगवन् (bhagavan), भगवस् (bhagavas), भगोस् (bhagos) [ cf. Pāṇini (Author) viii, 3, 1, Vārtt. 2, Patañjali (Author) and viii, 3, 17 ] f. भगवती (bhagavatī) m. pl. भगवन् (bhagavan) तः (bhagavantaḥ); or in nom. with 3. sg. of the verb; with Buddhists often prefixed to the titles of their sacred writings) [ ID=147809 ]

### Bhagavat (Male Deities/Sages) (3 definitions)
- an epithet of Vishnu-Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > भगवत् (bhagavat) m. ‘the divine or adorable one’, N. of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, Bhagavad-gītā (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=147810 ]
- of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Śiva, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ ID=147811 ]
- pertaining to a Buddha, Bodhisattva, or Jina  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Buddha or a Bodhi-sattva or a Jina, Buddhist literature (Literary category) ( cf. Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 23 ) [ ID=147812 ]

### Bhagavatī (General Usage/Form) (2 definitions)
- feminine of bhagavat  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 743,3] भगवती (bhagavatī) a ( ई (ī) ), f., see below. [ ID=147813 ]
- Any venerable woman.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भगवती (bhagavatī) [Printed book page 0806-a ] 3 Any venerable woman. [ ID=21907 ]

### Lexical Note (1 definition)
- (below)  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = ° त्य् - अङ्ग (°ty-aṅga) (below). [ ID=147833 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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