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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Shiva's wife and the benevolent manifestation of the mother goddess Devi.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Hindu divinity: same as Durga.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Hinduism) The wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi; the goddess of plenty.

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  • proper noun Hinduism A Hindu goddess, the goddess of love, devotion and power; nominally the second consort of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and rejuvenation.
  • proper noun A female given name used in India.

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  • noun wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Sanskrit Pārvatī, from pārvatī, mountain stream, from parvataḥ, mountain; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Sanskrit पार्वती (Pārvatī).

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