— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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.
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The Goddess Pārvatī
5 definitions
पार्वती (pārvatī) [पर्वतस्यापत्यं स्त्री अण् (parvatasyāpatyaṃ strī aṇ)]
1 N. of Durgā, born as the daughter of the Himālaya mountain (she was Satī in her former birth; cf. Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 1. 21 ); तां पार्वती (pārvatī)त्याभिजनेन नाम्ना (tāṃ pārvatītyābhijanena nāmnā) बंधुप्रियां बंधुजनो जुहाव (baṃdhupriyāṃ baṃdhujano juhāva) Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 1. 26.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
पार्वती (pārvatī) f. 1. A name of Durgā, as the daughter of Himālaya, जगतः पितरौ वंदे पार्वती (pārvatī)परमेश्वरौ (jagataḥ pitarau vaṃde pārvatīparameśvarau) R. i.1; 2. female cowherd; 3. an epithet of Draupadī; 4. a mountain-stream; 5. a kind of fragrant earth. [ID=22258]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Pārvatī = Umā, q.v. [ID=8204]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Pārvatī (I) — Umā, wife of Śiva, attained half body of Śiva by virtue of the 108 names of the Devī;1 (Ambā), the family deity of the Vidarbhas; present when Śiva gave his missile to Arjuna;2 conceived true love even as a girl;3 went with Śiva to have a look at the Mohinī form of Viṣṇu;4 once when she was sitting unclad on the lap of Śiva there came some sages to see the Lord; ashamed she got herself clothed; to please her Śiva said that any male who entered that place thereafter would become a female;5 presented Pṛthu with a sword Śatacandra;6 prayed to by Rukminī to get Kṛṣṇa for her husband; to her shrine Rukminī went by foot and offered worship for the hand of Kṛṣṇa;7 Vṛka's aim to take her after killing Śiva;8 prevented the enraged Śiva from killing Bhṛgu;9 saw Mārkaṇḍeya engaged in tapas.10 A Śakti;11felt for Vināyaka losing his teeth through Paraśurāma and appealed to Śiva who remembered Kṛṣṇa. The latter came with Rādhā and consoled her by addressing on Gaṇeśa's greatness.
[Footnote: 1) M. 12. 9; 13. 51 and 60; 85. 6; 183. 14; 187. 44; Vā. 54. 20; 108. 51; 112. 35; Vi. V. 32. 11-15.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. I. 15. 12; X. 52. 42.]
[Footnote: 3) Ib. X. 60. 47.]
[Footnote: 4) Ib. VIII. 12. 2 and 25.]
[Footnote: 5) Ib. IX. 1. 29-32.]
[Footnote: 6) Ib. IV. 15. 17; VI. 17. 11-12.]
[Footnote: 7) Ib. X. 53. 25, 39-40 and 44-49.]
[Footnote: 8) Ib. X. 88. 23.]
[Footnote: 9) Ib. X. 89. 7.]
[Footnote: 10) Ib. XII. 10. 3 and 35.]
[Footnote: 11) Br. II. 25. 23; III. 41. 38, 50; 42. 7, 17; 44. 28; IV. 6. 8, 30, 38; 10. 41, 42.]
[ID=7819]
— The Purana Index
Mountain Stream / River
4 definitions
पार्वती (pārvatī) b f. (of °त (°ta)) a mountain stream, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) i, 13 [ID=122957]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
पार्वती (pārvatī) [पर्वतस्यापत्यं स्त्री अण् (parvatasyāpatyaṃ strī aṇ)]
4 A mountain stream.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— The Purana Index
Specific Plants/Herbs
4 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Epithet of Draupadī
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
पार्वती (pārvatī) [पर्वतस्यापत्यं स्त्री अण् (parvatasyāpatyaṃ strī aṇ)]
3 An epithet of Draupadī.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Female Cowherd
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
पार्वती (pārvatī) [पर्वतस्यापत्यं स्त्री अण् (parvatasyāpatyaṃ strī aṇ)]
2 A female cowherd.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Fragrant Earth
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
पार्वती (pārvatī) [पर्वतस्यापत्यं स्त्री अण् (parvatasyāpatyaṃ strī aṇ)]
5 A kind of fragrant earth.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Other Specific Namesakes
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— 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.