माण्डवी (māṇḍavī) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of Dakshayani in Mandavya, a daughter of Kusha-dhvaja and wife of Bharata, the daughter of Kushadhvaja and wife of Bharata, a name of Dakshayani at Mandavya, female descendant of Mandu, a Goddess enshrined at Mandavya. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Form of Goddess Dākṣāyaṇī, Wife of Bharata (Ramayana), Upanishadic Ancestor/Matronymic.
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— The Purana Index
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
