किराती

{ kirātī }

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 स्त्री. भिल्लाची बायको ; भिल्लीण . ' आलिंगिली पुनरपी प्रमदा किराती । ' - आश . १९ .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

किराती  f.  f. a woman of the किरात tribe
a low-caste woman who carries a fly-flap or anything to keep off flies, [Ragh. xvi, 57]
a bawd, procuress, [L.]
N. of the goddess दुर्गा, [Hariv. 10248]
of the river गङ्गा, [L.]
of the celestial गङ्गा as river of स्वर्ग, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

किराती [kirātī]   1 A female Kirāta, a woman of the Kirāta tribe.
A woman who carries a fly-flap or chowri; नौसंश्रयः पार्श्वगतां किरातीमुपात्तबालव्यजनां बभाषे [R.16.57.]
A bawd, a procuress.
Pārvatī in the disguise of a Kirātī.
The celestial Gaṅgā.