As a deity name
Name 845 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
रेणुका · noun · feminine
बालू । रेत · रज । धूल · पृथ्वी । (डिं॰) — Śabdasāgara
रेणुका · reṇukā · s.f.
Name of a fragrant drug or medicinal substance (of a bitter and slightly pungent taste and greyish colour: it is procured in grains about the size of pepper-corns) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 613
रेणुका · feminine
goddess Renuka, mother of lord Parashurama, the sixth avatar of lord Vishnu.; a lake in Himachal Pradesh, India.; a female given name, Renuka, from Sanskrit.
रेणुका · feminine
dust, sand; pollen
Cited formation "रेणुका" is रेणुक + -आ: रेणुक means "शस्त्रचालन में प्रयुक्त एक मंत्र", 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: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "रेणुका" is रेणुक + -आ: रेणुक means "शस्त्रचालन में प्रयुक्त एक मंत्र", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रेणुका — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit रेणुका (reṇukā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
reṇukā f. See below
reṇukā f. a partic. drug or medicinal substance (said to be fragrant, but bitter and slightly pungent in taste, and of greyish colour; cf. reṇu), L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a partic. drug or medicinal substance (said to be fragrant, but bitter and slightly pungent in taste, and of greyish colour; cf. reṇu)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "reṇukā" is the feminine form of "reṇuka" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "reṇuka" is derived from "reṇu" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
reṇu m. (or f., Siddh.; or n. g. ardharcādi; fr. √ ri, rī) dust, a grain or atom of dust, sand &c., RV. &c. &c.
the pollen of flowers, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
reṇuka m. a partic. formula recited over weapons, R.
N. of a Yakṣa, MBh. (Nīlak.)
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Dictionary citations
reṇukā f. See below
reṇukā f. a partic. drug or medicinal substance (said to be fragrant, but bitter and slightly pungent in taste, and of greyish colour; cf. reṇu), L.
N. of a Kārikā (composed by Hari-hara; cf. reṇu-kārikā), Cat.
of the wife of Jamad-agni and mother of Paraśu-rāma (she was the daughter of Reṇu and of king Prasena-jit), MBh.; Hariv.; Pur.
of a river, VP.
reṇuka m. a partic. formula recited over weapons, R.
N. of a Yakṣa, MBh. (Nīlak.)
reṇu m. (or f., Siddh.; or n. g. ardharcādi; fr. √ ri, rī) dust, a grain or atom of dust, sand &c., RV. &c. &c.
the pollen of flowers, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
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