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मैत्रेयी (maitreyI)

 
Apte
English
मैत्रेयी [maitrēyī],
N.
 of the wife of याज्ञवल्क्य.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मैत्रेयी a
f.
 See below.
मैत्रेयी b
f.
N.
 of the wife of Yājñavalkya,
ŚBr.
of Ahalyā, ṢaḍvBr.
of Sulabhā,
ĀśvGṛ.
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
मैत्रेयी
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಒಂದು ಉಪನಿಷತ್ತು
मैत्रेयी
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಯಾಜ್ಞವಲ್ಕ್ಯನ ಪತ್ನಿ
L R Vaidya
English
mEtreya {% (I) a. (f. यी) %} Relating to a friend, friendly.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 मैत्रेयी
noun
पौराणिकी महिला।
"मैत्रेयी महर्षेः याज्ञवल्क्यस्य पत्नी आसीत्।"
Synonyms:
 मैत्रेयी-उपनिषद्, मैत्रेयी
noun
एका उपनिषद्।
"मैत्रेयी-उपनिषद् सामवेदस्य भागः।"
पुराणम्
English
मैत्रेयी / MAITREYĪ. Wife of the sage yājñavalkya. She was one of the most learned and virtuous women in ancient india. There are innumerable references to her in the Purāṇas. (For details about her splendour see under candrāṅgada).
Vedic Reference
English
Maitreyī is the name of one of the wives of Yājṅavalkya
according to the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (ii. 4, 1 et seq.
iv. 5, 2 et seq.).