As a deity name
Name 710 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 165 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 607 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 698 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
अमोघ · adj
निष्फल न होनेवाला । वृथा न अन्यथा न होनेवाला । अव्यर्थ । अचूक । लक्ष्य पर पहुँचनेवाला । खाली न जानेवाला · अनिंद्य । अद्वितीय — Śabdasāgara
अमोघ · noun · masculine
व्यर्थ न होने का भाव । अव्यर्थ · शिव · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
अमोघ · amogh · adj.
Unerring, unfailing; effectual; infallible; genuine, real — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 83
अमोघ
unfailing, trusty (never failing)
Cited formation "अमोघ" is अ- + मोघ: मोघ means "Vain, useless, aimless, fruitless, unavailing, bootless, unprofitable", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अमोघ" is अ- + मोघ: मोघ means "Vain, useless, aimless, fruitless, unavailing, bootless, unprofitable", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अमोघ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अमोघ (amogha). By surface analysis, अ- (a-, “non-, un-”) + मोघ (mogh, “futile, fruitless, useless”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a-mogha mf(ā)n. unerring, unfailing, not vain, efficacious, succeeding, hitting the mark, productive, fruitful
a-mogha m. the not erring, the not failing, ŚBr.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
unerring, unfailing, not vain, efficacious, succeeding, hitting the mark, productive, fruitful
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "amogha" is the vocative of "amoghā" — 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-mogha mf(ā)n. unerring, unfailing, not vain, efficacious, succeeding, hitting the mark, productive, fruitful
a-mogha m. the not erring, the not failing, ŚBr.
a-mogha m. a shark, L.
N. of Śiva
of Viṣṇu, MBh. xiii
a-moghā f. trumpet flower, Bignonia Suaveolens Roxb.
a plant of which the seed is used as a vermifuge, Erycibe Paniculata Roxb.
Alternative readings
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