- कात्यायनी _kātyāyanī
- कात्यायनी 1 An elderly or middle aged widow (dressed in red clothes).-2 N. of a wife of Yajñavalkya मैत्रेयी च कात्यायनी च Bṛi. Up.4.5.1.-3 N. of Pārvatī; cf. उमा कात्यायनी गौरी काली हैमवतीश्वरी Ak.-Comp. -तन्त्रम् n. a Tantra containing the description of the methods of दुर्गापूजा and said to have been composed by Śiva.-पुत्रः, -सुतः N. of Kārttikeya.
Sanskrit-English dictionary. 2013.