As a Hindi name
राढ़ा · rāṛhā · s.f.
= H راڙهہ राढ़ rāṛh, s.m. [S. राढा], Name of that portion of Bengal which lies to the west of the Ganges — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 581
Cited formation "राढा" is राढ़ + -आ: राढ़ means "= H راڙها राढ़ा rāṛhā, s.f. [S. राढा], Name of that portion of Bengal which lies to the west of the Ganges", 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 — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "राढा" is राढ़ + -आ: राढ़ means "= H راڙها राढ़ा rāṛhā, s.f. [S. राढा], Name of that portion of Bengal which lies to the west of the Ganges", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
beauty, splendour
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rāḍhā" is the feminine form of "rāḍha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
rāḍhā f. beauty, splendour, L.
(sometimes written rārā) N. of a district in the west of Bengal (= suhma) and its capital, Kathās.; Prab.
rāḍhā 1 Lustre. 2 N. of a district in Bengal, as also of its capital; gauḍaṃ rāṣṭramanuttamaṃ nirupamā tatrāpi rāḍhāpurī Prab. 2.
rāḍhā f. (-ḍhā) 1 Beauty, splendour, light, lustre. 2 A country or district, part of Bengal west of the Hugli river. E. raha to quit, aff. ghañ, and ha changed to ḍha.
rāḍha mf(ī)n. belonging to the district of Rāḍhā
rāḍha m. N. of a tribe of Brāhmans belonging to that district, IW. 210 n. 1
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