# कोटवी (koṭavī)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kotavi

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 — E. koṭa crookedness, and vā to get or receive, ka and ṅīṣ affixes; also koṭṭavī, and koṭarī
- **SLP1:** `kowavI`  **IAST:** koṭavī  **Devanagari:** कोटवी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotavi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kotavi/declensions.md

## 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*
  > क (ka) ोट (koṭa) वी (koṭavī) [Printed book page 250 ] क (ka) ोट (koṭa) वी (koṭavī) f. ( - वी (-vī) ) 1 A naked woman. 2 A name of DURGĀ. E. क (ka) ोट (koṭa) crookedness, and वा (vā) to get or receive, क (ka) and ङीष् (ṅīṣ) affixes; also क (ka) ोट (koṭa) ्टवी (koṭṭavī), and क (ka) ोट (koṭa) री (koṭarī). [ ID=11721 ]
- 1. A naked woman. 2. The goddess Durga.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कोटवी (koṭavī) [Printed book page 214-b ] कोटवी (koṭavī) ( वी ) ((vī)) 3. f. A naked woman; the goddess Durgā. [ ID=11169 ]
- 1. A naked woman. 2. An epithet of the goddess Durga.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कोटवी (koṭavī) [Printed book page 210-04 ] कोटवी (koṭavī) f. 1. A naked woman; 2. an epithet of the goddess Durgā. [ ID=10447.1 ]
- 1. A naked woman. 2. An epithet of Durga.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क (ka) ोट (koṭa) वी (koṭavī) [Printed book page 206-a ] क (ka) ोट (koṭa) वी (koṭavī) f. ( - वी (-vī) ) 1. A naked woman. 2. A name of DURGA. E. क (ka) ोट (koṭa) crookedness, and वा (vā) to get or receive, क (ka) and ङीष् (ṅīṣ) affixes; also क (ka) ोट (koṭa) ्टवी, (koṭṭavī,) and क (ka) ोट (koṭa) री (koṭarī). [ ID=11714 ]
- 1. A naked woman. 2. A form of the goddess Durga represented as naked.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कोटवी (koṭavī) [Printed book page 0255-a ] Koṭavī, f. a naked woman; a form of the goddess Durgā (represented naked). [ ID=15863 ]

### A specific goddess or divine entity (3 definitions)
- a form of Durga and mother of Bana  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a form of Durgā and mother of Bāṇa, Harivaṃśa (Title) ( v.l. कोट्ट् (koṭṭ) ° (°) ) [ ID=56455 ]
- Name of the tutelar deity of the Daityas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the tutelar deity of the Daityas, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) ( v.l. कोट्ट् (koṭṭ) ° (°) ). [ ID=56456 ]
- the goddess enshrined at Kotitirtham  
  *The Purana Index*
  > कोटवी (koṭavī) [Printed book page 1-465 ] Koṭavī — the goddess enshrined at Koṭitīrtham. M. 13. 37. [ ID=3637 ]

### A naked woman (lexical meaning) (1 definition)
- a naked woman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 312,3] कोटवी (koṭavī) f. (for कोट्ट् (koṭṭ) ° (°) ) a naked woman, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=56454 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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