पार्वतीpārvatī

पार्वती (pārvatī) is a Sanskrit word meaning mountainous, hilly, melia Bukayun, a mountain stream, boswellia Thurifera, grislea Tomentosa, a kind of pepper. Its 26 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them The Goddess Pārvatī, Adjective: Mountain-related, Mountain Stream / River.

Meanings by context

The Goddess Pārvatī

5 definitions
an epithet of Shiva's wife as daughter of the king of the snowy mountains

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of Durga, born as the daughter of the Himalaya mountain

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An epithet of Durga as the daughter of Himalaya. 2. A female cowherd. 3. An epithet of Draupadi. 4. A mountain stream. 5. A kind of fragrant earth.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Uma

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Uma, the wife of Shiva, and a divine power or goddess.

The Purana Index

Mountain Stream / River

4 definitions
a mountain stream

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A woman. 2. A river.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A mountain stream.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a name of the river Nanda

The Purana Index

Specific Plants/Herbs

4 definitions
Boswellia Thurifera

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Grislea Tomentosa

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a kind of pepper

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

kshudra-pashana-bheda or jivani

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Epithet of Draupadī

2 definitions
of Draupadi

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Draupadi

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Female Cowherd

2 definitions
a female cowherd

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A female cowherd

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Fragrant Earth

2 definitions
a kind of fragrant earth

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A kind of fragrant earth.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Other Specific Namesakes

2 definitions
of a cave in mount Meru

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Wife of Sahadeva and mother of Suhotra.

The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.