Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 366 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 618 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 85 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 558 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
अमल · amal · s.m.
Spirituous liquor, any intoxicating liquor or drug; intoxication — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 82
अमल · amal · adj.
(f. -ā), Clean, pure; bright, clear — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 82
अमल · masculine
action, operation, effect
अमल
stainless, clean, pure; faultless, sinless
Śabdasāgara also records: निर्मल । स्वच्छ · निर्दोष । पापशून्य
Cited formation "अमल" is अ- + मल: मल means "faeces, excreta", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अमल" is अ- + मल: मल means "faeces, excreta", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian عمل ('amal), from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अमल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अमल (amala). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) + मल (mal).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a-mala mf(ā)n. spotless, stainless, clean, pure, shining
a-mala m. crystal (cf. amara-ratna), BhP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
spotless, stainless, clean, pure, shining
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "amala" is the vocative of "amalā" — 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
a-mala mf(ā)n. spotless, stainless, clean, pure, shining
a-mala m. crystal (cf. amara-ratna), BhP.
N. of a poet
of Nārāyaṇa, L.
a-mala n. talc, L.
a-malā f. N. of the goddess Lakṣmī, L.
(amarā, q.v.) the umbilical cord, L.
Alternative readings
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