As a deity name
Name 33 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 164 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
अमावास्या · noun · feminine
कृष्णपक्ष की अंतिम तिथि । वह तिथी जिसमें सूर्य और चंद्रमा एक ही शशि के हों · हठयोग की एक क्रिया — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ अमावस्या
Cited formation "अमावास्या" is अमावास्य + -आ: अमावास्य means "जो अमावस्या के दिन हुआ हो", 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 "अमावास्या" is अमावास्य + -आ: अमावास्य means "जो अमावस्या के दिन हुआ हो", 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
(scil. rātri; fr. √ 5. vas, ‘to dwell’, with amā, ‘together’) the night of new moon (when the sun and moon ‘dwell together’), the first day of the first quarter on which the moon i…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "amāvāsyā" is the instrumental of "amāvāsī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "amāvāsyā" is the feminine form of "amāvāsya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
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Dictionary citations
amā—vāsyā (-vāsyā), f. (scil. rātri; fr. √ 5. vas, ‘to dwell’, with amā, ‘together’) the night of new moon (when the sun and moon ‘dwell together’), the first day of the first quarter on which the moon is invisible, AV.; ŚBr. &c.
a sacrifice offered at that time
N. of the Acchodā river, MatsyaP.
amā-vāsyā See ib.
amāvasyā, -vāsyā, -vasī, -vāsī (also written amā masī-māsī) [ amāvas -ṇyat, amā saha vasataḥ caṃdrārkau asyāṃ sā P. III. 1. 122 Sk.] 1 The day of new moon, when the sun and moon dwell together or are in conjunction; the 15th day of the dark half of every lunar month; sūryācaṃdramasoḥ yaḥ paraḥ sannikarṣaḥ sā'māvāsyā Gobhila. 2 A sacrifice offered at that time. 3 The sacrificial oblation.
amā—vāsī f. = -vāsyā, q.v., MBh. i, 4644 and R. vi, 72, 66 (only loc. ˚syām, which might be a metrical abbreviation for ˚syāyām).
amāvasyā, -vāsyā, -vasī, -vāsī (also written amā masī-māsī) [ amāvas -ṇyat, amā saha vasataḥ caṃdrārkau asyāṃ sā P. III. 1. 122 Sk.] 1 The day of new moon, when the sun and moon dwell together or are in conjunction; the 15th day of the dark half of every lunar month; sūryācaṃdramasoḥ yaḥ paraḥ sannikarṣaḥ sā'māvāsyā Gobhila. 2 A sacrifice offered at that time. 3 The sacrificial oblation.
amā—vāsya n. [NBD.] neighbourhood, AV. iv, 36, 3 [perhaps for -vāśya, ‘lowing (of cows) at home’, as the word is used together with ā-gara & prati-krośa]
amā—vāsya mfn. born in an amā-vāsyā night, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 30 (cf. āmāvāsya)
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