As a Hindi name
राध · noun · masculine
वैशाख मास · धन । संपत्ति · अनुग्रह (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
राध · noun · feminine
पीव । मवाद — Śabdasāgara
राध · rādh · s.f.
Pus, matter — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 581
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
The month Vaiśākha, (April-May.) (-dhā) 1 The asterism, in which the moon is full in the month Vaiśākha; the sixteenth of the Nakṣatras, containing four stars in the shape of a fes…
Verified derivationMultiple readings (13)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rādha" is the vocative of "rādhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "rādha" is derived from "rādh" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
rādh (cf. √ ṛdh and radh) cl. 5. 4. P. (Dhātup. xxvii, 16; xxvi, 71) rādhnoti, rādhyati (Ved. also pr. rādhati and rādhyate; pf. rarādha, RV. &c. &c. [2. sg. rarādhitha or redhitha, cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 123]; aor., arātsīt, rādhiṣi, AV.; Br.; Prec. rādhyāsam, ib.; fut. rāddhā Gr.; rātsyati, AV.; Br.; ind.p. rāddhvā, -rādhya, Br.), to succeed (said of things), be accomplished or finished, VS.; TS.; AV.; to succeed (said of persons), be successful with (instr.), thrive, prosper, RV.; TS.; Br.; GṛŚrS.; to be ready for, submit to (dat.), AV.; to be fit for, partake of, attain to (dat. or loc.), Āpast.; TUp.; (rādhyati) to prophesy to (dat.), Pāṇ. i, 4, 39, Kāś.; to accomplish, perform, achieve, make ready, prepare, carry out, RV.; VS.; Br.; to hit, get at (acc.), TS.; to propitiate, conciliate, gratify, RV.; AitBr.; to hurt, injure, destroy, exterminate, Bhaṭṭ. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 123) : Pass. rādhyate (aor. arādhi), to be conciliated or satisfied, RV. (cf. rādhyate above) : Caus. rādhayati (aor. arīradhat, Br.; Pass. rādhyate, MBh.), to accomplish, perform, prepare, make ready, AV. &c. &c.; to make favourable, propitiate, satisfy, TS.; TBr. : Desid. of Caus. rirādhayiṣati, Br. : Desid. rirātsati or -ritsati, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54, Vārtt. 1, Pat. : Intens. rārādhyate, rārāddhi Gr.
rādh [cf. √ iradh; Goth. garêdan, rathjō; Slav. raditi.]
rādha m. n. = rādhas, a gift, favour (only in rādhānām patiḥ N. of Indra), RV.
rādha m. (fr. rādhā) N. of the month Vaiśākha (= April-May), Rājat.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the masculine and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
rādha m. n. = rādhas, a gift, favour (only in rādhānām patiḥ N. of Indra), RV.
rādha m. (fr. rādhā) N. of the month Vaiśākha (= April-May), Rājat.
of a man, Buddh.
(with gautama) N. of two teachers, Cat.
rādha (au) aurādha r. 4th cl. (rādhyati) 5th cl. (rādhnoti) 1 To bring any thing to fulness or completion, to finish, to effect, to accomplish, to complete. 2 To attain completion, to succeed, to be finished or accomplished. With apa prefixed, To offend, to be in fault. With āṅ, To worship, to propitiate by worship.
rādhā f. See below.
rādhā f. prosperity, success, L.
rādh (cf. √ ṛdh and radh) cl. 5. 4. P. (Dhātup. xxvii, 16; xxvi, 71) rādhnoti, rādhyati (Ved. also pr. rādhati and rādhyate; pf. rarādha, RV. &c. &c. [2. sg. rarādhitha or redhitha, cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 123]; aor., arātsīt, rādhiṣi, AV.; Br.; Prec. rādhyāsam, ib.; fut. rāddhā Gr.; rātsyati, AV.; Br.; ind.p. rāddhvā, -rādhya, Br.), to succeed (said of things), be accomplished or finished, VS.; TS.; AV.; to succeed (said of persons), be successful with (instr.), thrive, prosper, RV.; TS.; Br.; GṛŚrS.; to be ready for, submit to (dat.), AV.; to be fit for, partake of, attain to (dat. or loc.), Āpast.; TUp.; (rādhyati) to prophesy to (dat.), Pāṇ. i, 4, 39, Kāś.; to accomplish, perform, achieve, make ready, prepare, carry out, RV.; VS.; Br.; to hit, get at (acc.), TS.; to propitiate, conciliate, gratify, RV.; AitBr.; to hurt, injure, destroy, exterminate, Bhaṭṭ. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 123) : Pass. rādhyate (aor. arādhi), to be conciliated or satisfied, RV. (cf. rādhyate above) : Caus. rādhayati (aor. arīradhat, Br.; Pass. rādhyate, MBh.), to accomplish, perform, prepare, make ready, AV. &c. &c.; to make favourable, propitiate, satisfy, TS.; TBr. : Desid. of Caus. rirādhayiṣati, Br. : Desid. rirātsati or -ritsati, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54, Vārtt. 1, Pat. : Intens. rārādhyate, rārāddhi Gr.
rādh [cf. √ iradh; Goth. garêdan, rathjō; Slav. raditi.]
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