As a deity name
Name 313 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 530 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 544 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
अघोरा · noun · feminine
भाद्र कृष्ण चतुर्दशी । भादों वदी चौदस — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अघोरा" is अघोर + -आ: अघोर means "A title of the god Śiva", 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 "अघोरा" is अघोर + -आ: अघोर means "A title of the god Śiva", 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
Cited formation "अघोरा" is अ- + घोरा: घोरा means "श्रवण चित्रा, घनिष्ठा और शतभिषा नक्षत्रों में बुध की गति", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādra, which is sacred to Śiva.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "aghorā" is the feminine form of "aghora" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
a-ghorā f. the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādra, which is sacred to Śiva.
a-ghora mfn. not terrific
a-ghora m. a euphemistic title of Śiva
Alternative readings
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