# जगद्धात्री (jagaddhātrī)

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जगद्धात्री (jagaddhātrī) is a Sanskrit word meaning world-nurse, Sarasvati, Durga. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Epithet of Durgā, Epithet of Lalitā / Reference to Lalitā, Epithet of Sarasvatī.

- **Etymology:** E. जगत्, and धात्री a nurse — E. jagat, and dhātrī a nurse
- **SLP1:** `jagadDAtrI`  **IAST:** jagaddhātrī  **Devanagari:** जगद्धात्री
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagaddhatri
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jagaddhatri/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** जगद्धातृ (jagaddhātṛ)

## Meanings by context

### Epithet of Durgā (4 definitions)
- Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Durgā, W. [ ID=76349 ]
- A name of Durga.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जगद्धात्री (jagaddhātrī) [Printed book page 337 ] जगद्धात्री (jagaddhātrī) f. ( - त्री (-trī) ) A name of DURGĀ. E. जगत् (jagat), and घात्री (ghātrī) a nurse. [ ID=15712 ]
- Durga  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जगद्धात्री (jagaddhātrī) [Printed book page 296-a ] जगद्धात्री (jagaddhātrī) ( त्री ) ((trī)) 3. f. Durgā. [ ID=15175 ]
- A name of Durga  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जगद्धात्री (dhātrī) (jagaddhātrī) [Printed book page 279-a ] जगद्धात्री (dhātrī) (jagaddhātrī) f. ( - त्री (-trī) ) A name of DURGA. E. जगत्, (jagat,) and धात्री (dhātrī) a nurse. [ ID=15706 ]

### Epithet of Lalitā / Reference to Lalitā (1 definition)
- see Lalita  
  *The Purana Index*
  > जगद्धात्री (jagaddhātrī) [Printed book page 1-621 ] Jagaddhātrī — see Lalitā. Br. IV. 13. 17, 63. [ ID=4934 ]

### Epithet of Sarasvatī (1 definition)
- world-nurse, Sarasvati  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 408,2] जगद् (jagad) — धात्री (—dhātrī) f. ‘world-nurse’, Sarasvatī, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) xxiii, 30 [ ID=76348 ]

## Sources

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

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