Word for wife, partner, housewife, woman, sister, mother in Sanskrit | Hindu women different names in Sanskrit

Word for wife, partner, housewife, woman, lady, mother, sister, sister-in-law, etc. in Sanskrit | Hindu women different names in Sanskrit

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In Earlier days, in Bharata bhoomi (a place called Bharat / Bharata / India), woman were given utmost respect.

She was considered highly strong, pious, stable, mentally & physically achievable, dear, friendly, smart, etc. etc. etc.

Let us today learn few of the such great terms / names used in Samskruta / Sanskrit.

Sanskrit names (terms) used by the husband for the wife are as given below:

Patni : Here patni means ‘pat’ or pati’s lady and ‘ni’ means a lady who leads, that is a lady who leads the husband throughout the life term).

Dharma-patni : Same meaning holds good as said above with that here ‘dharma’ means on the path of the Great Sanatana Dharma, that is,

someone who guides the husband in right and correct dharma path.

Bharya : Divine wife of a man. She is the lawful wife of a man. She is wholeheartedly accepted by whole family as a wife of a man.

Saha-dharma-charini : Tthis means someone who takes steps with the husband on the path of dharma; righteousness and duty.

Here ‘saha’ means someone who will always be there with the husband.

‘Dharma‘ means someone who follows the Great Sanatana Dharma.

‘Charini’ means a lady who takes her husband all along her life (here charini means – ‘char’ means moving and ‘ni’ a woman).

This is how the Great Ancient Vedic culture viewed the partnership of husband and wife.

In Rig Veda, the marriage hymn, states that the daughter-in-law should be treated as a ‘sāmrajni’, by all the family members especially the mother-in-law, husband and father-in-law.

Here ‘sāmrajni’ means a lady / woman who is the Great Great Great Queen of a ‘sāmrāt’ (emperor).

Wife name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : patni / āryaputri / nāyaki / vallabhi / palī / jāyā / bhāryā / lakṣmi / nārīka / ūḍhā / ramaṇi / īśvari / kāraki / dharmakīli.

Housewife name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : kuṭumbini, gr̥hiṇī (Grihini), gr̥hasvāminī (Grihaswamini), gr̥hēśvarī (Griheshwari), gr̥hasthā (Grihastha), gēhiṇī, sugēhinī.

Daughter-in-law (Son’s wife) name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : putravadhu/ vidhuṭī/ janī/ janikā/ jāmī.

Others : vākkīra (Wife’s brother) / vārakīra (Wife’s brother) / vārgara (Wife’s brother) / rayāla (Wife’s brother) / kumbhila (Wife’s brother) / syālī (Wife’s sister) /

ātmanīna (Wife’s brother) / syāla (Wife’s brother) / ātmavīra (Wife’s brother) / sanābha (Brother from the same womb) / yavīyas‌ (Younger brother)/ dahara (Younger brother).

Mother name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : māta, mātaraṁ (vasu) / jananī/ ambā / janayitrī / mātr̥ / mātr̥ki / janmadi / dēhakari / valipi.

Grandmother (Father’s mother – Paternal grandmother) name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : pitāmahiṁ (rudra) / pitāmahī / mātr̥ka

Mother’s father (Maternal grandfather) name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : mātāmahaṁ / mātāmaha

Mother’s mother (Maternal grandmother) name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : mātāmahīṁ / mātāmahi

Great-grandmother (Father’s mother) name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : prapitāmahī/ prapitāmahīṁ / vr̥d’dhapradhāni / vr̥d’dhaprapitāmahīṁ

Great-grandfather (Mother’s grandfather) name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : pramātāmahaṁ / pramātāmaha / vr̥d’dhapradhāna / vr̥d’dhapramātāmaha

Great-grandmother (Mother’s grandmother) name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : pramātāmahī / pramātāmahīṁ / vr̥d’dhapradhāni / vr̥d’dhapramātāmahīṁ

Daughter name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : putri / duhitr̥ / kan’yakā / samardhukā / jā/ kumāri / svajā / dhītā / ajñajā

Daughter-in-law (Son’s wife) name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : putravadhu/ vidhuṭī/ janī/ janikā/ jāmī

Granddaughter (Daughter’s daughter) name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : dauhitrī / napātī / napāt‌ / putriputri / putri’ātmajā

Sister name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : bhaginī / sahōdari / sōdarya / jāmi / yāmi / ṣvasā / svasr̥ / bhagnī / pitr̥bhaginī (Father’s sister) / mātr̥bhaginī (Mother’s sister) /

agrajā (Elder sister) / jyeṣṭhā (Elder sister) / attikā (Elder sister) / syālī (Wife’s sister) / anujā (Younger sister) / pitr̥ṣvēsā (Father’s sister) /

mātr̥ṣvēsā (Mother’s sister) / nanāndā (Husband’s sister) / vaimātreyī (Step-sister) / artikā (Elder sister) / agrajā (Elder sister) / pūrvajā (Elder sister) / āntikā (Elder sister) / anujā (Younger sister)

Aunties name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : pitr̥bhaginī (Father’s sister) / pitr̥vya (Father’s sister) / mātulānī (Mother’s sister) / mātr̥bhaginī (Mother’s sister) / pitr̥ṣvēsā (Father’s sister)

Sister’s relationship name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : svasrīya (Sister’s son) / bhāginēyaka (Sister’s son) / bhaginīsuta (Sister’s son) / bhaginīya (Sister’s son) /

kutapa (Sister’s son) / yāmēya (Sister’s son) / jāmēya (Sister’s son) / bhaginībhartr̥ (Sister’s husband) / bhāma (Sister’s husband) /

bhāmaka (Sister’s husband) / ābutta (Sister’s husband) / bhāvuka (Sister’s husband) / grāmahāsaka (Sister’s husband) / bhaginēyī (Sister’s daughter) /

svasrīyā (Sister’s daughter) / kaṣṭabhāginēya (Wife’s sister’s son) / pitr̥ṣvasrīya (Father’s sister’s son) / ātmabandhu (Mother’s sister’s son) /

mātr̥ṣvasēya (Mother’s sister’s son) / paitr̥ṣvasēya (Father’s sister’s son) / svāsrīya (sister’s son’s son) / nānāndra (Husband’s sister’s son) /

paitr̥ṣvasēyī (Father’s sister’s daughter) / mātr̥ṣvasēyī (Mother’s sister’s daughter) / ātmabandhu (Father’s sister’s son)

Friendship relationship name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : sakhī (Female friend) / mitra (Male friend) / snēhita (Male friend) /

ātmīyasnēhita (Very very close male friend) / savayas‌ (Male friend) / āpta (Male friend) / sansargin‌ (Male friend) /

uttarasādhaka (Male friend) / suhārd‌ (Male friend) / vallabha (Male friend) / surabhi (Female friend) / vanus‌ (Male friend) / sahacāriṇī (Female friend)/ advēṣṭr̥ (Male friend) / vihati (Male friend) /

parasparajña (Male friend) / priya (Male friend) / bharaṇyu (Male friend) / anukampya (Friend) / lōkabandhu (Friend of all) / abhyantaraka (Very close male friend) /

hitamitra (A philanthropic friend) / adhimita‍ra (A casual friend) / pa‍riyasakha (Boy friend) / priyasakhī (Girl friend)

Sister-in-law name synonyms in Sanskrit is as given here : nanāndā (husband’s sister), bhrātr̥jāya (brother’s wife), yātā (husband’s brother’s wife).

In our Great Vedas a lady / woman is designated as given below:

Aditi (aditi) : because she is not dependent

Aghnya (aghnyā) : for she is not to be hurt

Brihati (bŗhatī) : for she is large hearted

Chandra (chandrā) : because she is happy

Devakama (devakāmā) : since she is pious

Devi (devī) : since she is daivi / divine

Dhruva (dhruvā) : for she is firm

Havya (havyā) : because she is worthy of invocation

Ida (idā) : for she is worshippable

Jyota (jyotā) : because she is illuminating, bright

Kamya (kāmyā) : because she is lovable

Kshama (kshamā) : for she is tolerant / indulgent / patient

Mahi (mahī) : since she is great

Mena (menā) : because she deserves respect

Nari (nārī) : for she is not inimical to anyone

Purandhih (purandhih) : for she is munificent, liberal

Ranta (rantā) : because she is lovely

Ratavari (rtāvarī) / Ratachit (rtachit) : for she is the preserver of truth

Sanjaya (sanjayā) : since she is victorious

Sarasvati (sarasvatī) : since she is scholarly

Simhi (simhī) : since she is courageous

Shiva (shivā) : for she is benevolent

Shivatama (shivatamā) : since she is the noblest

Stri (strī) : since she is modest

Subhaga (subhagā) : because she is fortunate

Subhdha (subhdhā) : for she is knowledgeable

Sumangali (sumangalī) : since she is auspicious

Susheva (sushevā) : for she is pleasant

Suvarcha (suvarchā) : since she is splendid

Suyama (suyamā) : since she is self – disciplined

Syona (syonā) : for she is noble

Virini (vīriņī) : since she is mother of brave sons

Vishruta (vishrutā) : since she is learned

Yashasvati (yashasvatī) : for she is glorious

Yosha (yoşhā) : because she is intermingled with man, she is not separate

These are only very limited names which are given above. There are unlimited names to show the greatness of the Bharatiya stri (Indian divine ladies).

On his literal death bed of arrows, Bhishma shared three very important secrets about women with Yudhishthira :-

1. A family’s financial luck is directly related to a woman.

2. A home where a woman is disrespected can never be happy or flourish.

3. According to Bhishma Pitamah, a home where a woman’s needs are not tended to on priority like your own,

or there exists chauvinistic thought process – there can never be abundance. 

Whether it be the mighty King of Lanka, Ravana or the entire force of 100 Kaurvas, they couldn’t survive disrespecting a woman. 

Ravana abducted Mother Sita, whatever said and done he was the most learned man of his time, however it does not entail being courteous. 

Similarly, Kauravas humiliated their own Sister-in-law on a public forum. Today, there is no descendant from Ravana or Kauravas to continue the family name.

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