As a deity name
Name 104 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
सूक्त · adj
उत्तम रूप से कथित । भली भाँति कहा हुआ — Śabdasāgara
सूक्त · sūkta · s.m.
What is well spoken; a sentence; an invocation, a Vedic metrical prayer; a hymn — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 699
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
well or properly said or recited, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sūkta" is the vocative of "sūktā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
sūkta mfn. (5. su + ukta) well or properly said or recited, RV. &c. &c.
speaking well, eloquent, MatsyaP.
sūkta (am), n. good recitation or speech, wise saying, song of praise, RV. &c. &c.
a Vedic hymn (as distinguished from a Ṛc or single verse of a hymn), Br.; ŚrS.; Mn.; BhP.
sūkta mfn. (-ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ) Well or properly said. n. (-ktaṃ) A hymn in the Ṛk Veda. f. (-ktā) The Śārika or Maina. E. su well, ukta spoken, (by which.)
sūktā (ā), f. a kind of bird, the Sārikā, L.
Alternative readings
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