पुरंधि mfn. mfn. (
etym. much contested;
prob. fr. acc. of 1. or 3.
पुर् and √
धा, ‘bearing fulness’ or ‘bearing a body’) prolific, not barren (
lit. and
fig. ), bountiful, munificent, liberal,
[RV.] ;
[VS.] ;
[TS.] पुरंधि f. f. a woman, wife,
[RV. i, 116, 7; 1 3; 117, 19 &c.] liberality, munificence, kindness (shown by gods to man
e.g. [RV. i, 5, 3; 158 2 &c.] ; or by man to gods in offering oblations
e.g. i, 123, 6; 134, 3 &c.; also personified as goddess of abundance and liberality,
e.g. vii, 36, 8 &c.)