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कोटवीkoṭavī

कोटवी (koṭavī) is a Sanskrit word meaning a naked woman, a form of Durga and mother of Bana, name of the tutelar deity of the Daityas, a form of the goddess Durga represented as naked, a name of Durga, an epithet of Durga. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Both a naked woman and the goddess Durgā, A specific goddess or divine entity, A naked woman (lexical meaning).

Etymology
E. कोट crookedness, and वा to get or receive, क and ङीष् affixes; also कोट्टवी, and कोटरी
Definitions
9
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Meanings by context

Both a naked woman and the goddess Durgā

5 definitions
1. A naked woman. 2. A name of Durga.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A naked woman. 2. The goddess Durga.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A naked woman. 2. An epithet of the goddess Durga.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A naked woman. 2. An epithet of Durga.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A naked woman. 2. A form of the goddess Durga represented as naked.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A specific goddess or divine entity

3 definitions
a form of Durga and mother of Bana

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of the tutelar deity of the Daityas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the goddess enshrined at Kotitirtham

— The Purana Index

A naked woman (lexical meaning)

1 definition
a naked woman

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.