As a deity name
Name 637 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
अमा · noun · feminine
अमावस्या · अमावस्या की कला । स्कंदपुराण के अनुसार चंद्रमा की सोलहवीं कला जिसका क्षय और उदय नहीं हौता · घर — Śabdasāgara
अमा · adj
मापरहित । अमाप — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अमा" is अम + -आ: अम means "अपक्व । कच्चा", 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 "अमा" is अमना + -आ: अमना means "मन या इच्छारहित । उदासीन । अन्यमनस्क", 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 "अमा" is अम + -आ: अम means "अपक्व । कच्चा", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(chiefly Ved.) at home, in the house, in the house of (gen.), with, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "amā" is the feminine form of "ama" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
amā See ss.vv.
1. amā ind. (Ved. instr. fr. 2. ama, q.v.) (chiefly Ved.) at home, in the house, in the house of (gen.), with, RV. &c.
together, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 122
amā (ā) f. = amā-vāsyā, q.v. Comm. on Ragh. xiv, 80 (in a verse quoted from Vyāsa) Comm. on Sūryas.
2. a-mā (√ 3. mā) f. (= a-pramāṇa) not an authority, not a standard of action, Nyāyam.
1. ama m. impetuosity, violence, strength, power, RV.; VS.; AV.
depriving of sensation, fright, terror, RV.
Alternative readings
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