# माण्डवी (māṇḍavī)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `mARqavI`  **IAST:** māṇḍavī  **Devanagari:** माण्डवी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandavi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mandavi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Form of Goddess Dākṣāyaṇī (2 definitions)
- the name of Dakshayani in Mandavya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 806,3] माण्डवी (māṇḍavī) f. fr. ओव्य (ovya) N. of Dākṣāyaṇī in Māṇḍavya, Cat. [ ID=162143 ]
- a Goddess enshrined at Mandavya  
  *The Purana Index*
  > माण्डवी (māṇḍavī) [Printed book page 2-676 ] Māṇḍavī — a Goddess enshrined at Māṇḍavya. M. 13. 42. [ ID=10559 ]

### Wife of Bharata (Ramayana) (2 definitions)
- a daughter of Kusha-dhvaja and wife of Bharata  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a daughter of Kuśa-dhvaja and wife of Bharata, R. ( cf. वात्सी - माण्डवी - पुत्र (vātsī-māṇḍavī-putra) ). [ ID=162144 ]
- 1. The daughter of Kushadhvaja and wife of Bharata. 2. A name of Dakshayani at Mandavya.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > माण्डवी (māṇḍavī) [Printed book page 0768-a ] Māṇḍavī, f. (fr. māṇḍavya below), N. of a daughter of Kuśa-dhvaja and wife of Bharata; a N. of Dākṣāyaṇī at Māṇḍavya. [ ID=36932 ]

### Upanishadic Ancestor/Matronymic (1 definition)
- female descendant of Mandu  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > माण्डवी (māṇḍavī) [Printed book page 2-148 ] Māṇḍavī, ‘female descendant of Maṇḍu,’ occurs in the name of a teacher, Vātsī-māṇḍavī-putra, in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (vi. 4, 30 Mādhyaṃdina). [ ID=2435 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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