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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
patnīपत्नीpátnī f. (rarely patni) a female possessor, mistress, [RV.] &c. &c.
a wife ([RV. i, 140, 6]; [iv, 24, 8], even applied to cows), [ib.] (cf. pati f.)
(in astrol.) N. of the 7th mansion, [Var.] [cf. Gk. πότνια.]
patnīkaपत्नीकmfn. for patnī ifc. (cf. a-, bahu-, sa-).
patnītvaपत्नीत्वpatnī—tva n. wifehood, matrimony (-tve-√ grah, to take as a wifehood), [MārkP.]
patnīvatपत्नीवत्pátnī—vat (pát°), mfn. having a wifehood or accompanied by wives, [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]
patnīśālāपत्नीशालाpatnī—śā́la, n. or patnī—śālā, f. a kind of hut or tent for the wives or for the domestic use of the sacrificer, [Br.]; [Lāṭy.]; [MBh.]
patnīśālaपत्नीशालpatnī—śā́la, n. or patnī—śālā, f. a kind of hut or tent for the wives or for the domestic use of the sacrificer, [Br.]; [Lāṭy.]; [MBh.]
patnīyūpaपत्नीयूपpatnī—yūpá m. the sacrificial post assigned to the wives of the gods, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
patnīkarmanपत्नीकर्मन्patnī—karmán n. the business of a wife, [ŚBr.]
patnīmantraपत्नीमन्त्रpatnī—mantra m. pl. N. of partic. verses, [Vait.]
patnīsaṃyājaपत्नीसंयाजpatnī—saṃyājá m. pl. the 4 Ājya oblations (offered to Soma, Tvaṣṭṛ, the wives of the gods, and Agni Gṛha-pati), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
patnīsaṃnahanaपत्नीसंनहनpatnī—saṃnahana n. girding a wifehood, [ib.]
the girdle of a wifehood, [ib.], Sch.
patnīsaṃyājanaपत्नीसंयाजनpatnī—saṃyājana n. performing the Patnī-saṃyāja, [KātyŚr.]