As a deity name
Name 229 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
गोदना
to puncture; to prick; to tattoo
Śabdasāgara also records: गोदवरी नदी · गायत्रीस्वरूपा महादेवी
Platts (p. 923) also records: An uncommon form of god, 'lap,' q.v
Cited formation "गोदा" is गोद + -आ: गोद means "lap", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "गोदा" is गोदना + -आ: गोदना means "to puncture", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "गोदा" is गोद + -आ: गोद means "lap", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word of pra-pro origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *गोद्दइ (gŏddaï) a variant form of *खोद्दइ (khŏddaï), whence खोदना (khodnā). See there for more.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the river commonly called go-dāvarī, (cf. anu-godam).
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "godā" is the feminine form of "goda" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
go—dā f. the river commonly called go-dāvarī, Kathārṇ. (cf. anu-godam).
go—dā mfn. presenting with cattle or kine, RV.
godā f. (-dā) The Godāvarī river. E. go water, and da who gives: see godāvarī.
1. go—da mfn. (Pāṇ. iii, 2, 3, Kāś.) giving cattle or cows, Mn. iv, 231
go—da m. du. N. of a village, Pāṇ. i, 2, 52, Kāś.
Alternative readings
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