Given name · Hindi
शैलपुत्री
“mountain”·“daughter”
शैलपुत्री (śailputrī) is a feminine given name from Sanskrit. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Shailaputri.
Meaning & origin
What it means
शैलपुत्री is built from elements meaning “mountain” and “daughter”.
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How it developed
From Sanskrit शैलपुत्री, built from Hindi शैल (“mountain”) + पुत्री (“daughter”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
शैलपुत्री’s family of names
In Hindi usage, शैलपुत्री has a conventional equivalent in the English form Shailaputri.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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