As a Hindi name
भाद्रपद · noun · masculine
भाद्र । भादों · बृहस्पति के एक वर्ष का नाम जब वह पूर्व भाद्रपदा वा उत्तर भाद्रपदा में उदय होता है — Śabdasāgara
भाद्रपद · masculine
Bhadrapada (the 5th month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भाद्रपद — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भाद्रपद (bhādrapada). Doublet of भादों (bhādõ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bhādra—pada m. (fr. bhadra-padā) the month Bhādra (a rainy month corresponding to the period from about the middle of August to the middle of September), Var.; Rājat.; Suśr.
bhādrapada m. (-daḥ) The month Bhādra. E. bhadrapadā the asterism, and aṇ aff. f. (-dā) A name common to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh lunar asterisms, distinguished by the epithets prior, and subsequent, or pūrvva and uttaraḥ see pūrvvabhādrapadā, &c. E. bhadrā said to mean a cow, and pada foot, aṇ added optionally, whence it is often read bhadrapadā.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the month Bhādra (a rainy month corresponding to the period from about the middle of August to the middle of September)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhādrapada" is the vocative of "bhādrapadā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
bhādra—pada m. (fr. bhadra-padā) the month Bhādra (a rainy month corresponding to the period from about the middle of August to the middle of September), Var.; Rājat.; Suśr.
bhādrapada m. (-daḥ) The month Bhādra. E. bhadrapadā the asterism, and aṇ aff. f. (-dā) A name common to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh lunar asterisms, distinguished by the epithets prior, and subsequent, or pūrvva and uttaraḥ see pūrvvabhādrapadā, &c. E. bhadrā said to mean a cow, and pada foot, aṇ added optionally, whence it is often read bhadrapadā.
bhādra—padā f. du. and pl. = bhadra-padā N. common to the 3rd and 4th Nakṣatras (q.v.), Sūryas.; VP.
Alternative readings
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