As a deity name
Name 11 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 541 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 546 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
अपरा · noun · feminine
अध्यात्म वा ब्रह्मविद्या के अतिरिक्त अन्य विद्या । लौकिक विद्या । पदार्थ विद्या · पश्चिम दिशा · एकादशी जो ज्येष्ठ के कृष्ण पक्ष में होती है — Śabdasāgara
अपरा · adj
स्त्री॰ दूसरी — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अपरा" is अपर + -आ: अपर means "additional", 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
Cited formation "अपरा" is अपरना + -आ: अपरना means "पार्वती का नाम । वि॰ दे॰ 'अपर्णा'", 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 "अपरा" is अपर + -आ: अपर means "additional", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the west
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "aparā" is the feminine form of "apara" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
aparā f. the west, L.
the hind quarter of an elephant, L.
the womb, L.
aparā f. (with vidyā) the exoteric Vedānta doctrine (as opp. to parā v˚, ‘the esoteric’), IndSt.
1. a-para mfn. having nothing beyond or after, having no rival or superior.
2. apara mf(ā)n. (fr. apa), posterior, later, latter (opposed to pūrva; often in comp.)
Alternative readings
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