"Devayani" meaning in All languages combined

See Devayani on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Devyani [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit देवयानी (devayānī). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|sa|देवयानी}} Borrowed from Sanskrit देवयानी (devayānī) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Devayani
  1. (Hinduism) the daughter of Shukra and wife of King Yayati. Tags: Hinduism
    Sense id: en-Devayani-en-name-X1TczEY5 Categories (other): Hinduism
  2. (astronomy) Andromeda Translations (Andromeda constellation and galaxy): देवयानी (devyānī) [feminine] (Hindi), देवयानी मंदाकिनी (devyānī mandākinī) [feminine] (Hindi)
    Sense id: en-Devayani-en-name-rQqi29AR Categories (other): Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'Andromeda constellation and galaxy': 5 92 3
  3. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India. Translations (an ancestor of Pandavas and Yadavas in Mahabharata): देवयानी (devyānī) [feminine] (Hindi) Translations (female given name): देवयानी (devyānī) [feminine] (Hindi)
    Sense id: en-Devayani-en-name-Yh65jiPz Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hindi translations, Constellations, Galaxies Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 30 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 24 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 33 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 20 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 15 28 58 Disambiguation of Constellations: 2 41 56 Disambiguation of Galaxies: 2 37 61 Disambiguation of 'an ancestor of Pandavas and Yadavas in Mahabharata': 14 23 63 Disambiguation of 'female given name': 0 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Mahabharata Disambiguation of Mahabharata: 0 0 0
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