As a deity name
Name 836 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
ताम्रा · noun · feminine
सिंहली पीपल · दक्ष प्रजापति की कन्या जो कश्यप ऋषि की पत्नी थी । इससे ये ५ कन्याएँ उत्पन्न हुई थीं—(१) कौंची, (२) भासी, (३) सेनी, (४) धृतराष्ट्री और (५) शुकी । (रामायण) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "ताम्रा" is ताम्र + -आ: ताम्र means "copper", 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 "ताम्रा" is ताम्र + -आ: ताम्र means "copper", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Rubia Munjista
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tāmrā" is the nominative of "tāmriman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "tāmrā" is the feminine form of "tāmra" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
tāmrā (ā), f. Rubia Munjista, Npr.
a red kind of Abrus, ib.
a kind of pepper, L.
N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (one of the wives of Kaśyapa and mother of various birds), MBh. i, 2620; Hariv.; R. iii; BhP. vi, 6, 25 ff.; VP.
N. of a river, MBh. iii, 12909; vi, 335
tāmriman m. = ˚ra-tā, g. dṛḍhādi.
tāmriman m. Redness, the colour of copper.
tāmra mf(ā)n. (√ tam, Uṇ.) of a coppery red colour, VS. xvi (Naigh. iii, 7), MBh. &c. (tāmrā tvac, the 4th of the 7 membranes with which an embryo is covered, Suśr. iii, 4, 2)
tāmra mf(ī)n. made of copper, R. iii, 21, 17; Suśr.; Mn. vi, 53/54; BhavP.
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