As a deity name
Name 692 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
अयोध्या · feminine
Ayodhya (a city, division, and administrative headquarters of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, India), on the bank of the Sarayu river.; the ancient capital of Kosala kingdom, and birthplace of the Hindu deity Rāma.
अयोध्या
unconquerable, undefeatable
Śabdasāgara also records: सूर्यवंशी राजाओं की राजधानी
Platts (p. 116) also records: lit. 'Not to be warred against'; name of the present province of Oude (of which, in ancient times, Rāma was sovereign)
Cited formation "अयोध्या" is अयोध्य + -आ: अयोध्य means "जिससे युद्ध न किया जा सके । अजेय", 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 "अयोध्या" is अयोध्य + -आ: अयोध्य means "जिससे युद्ध न किया जा सके । अजेय", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अयोध्या — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a-yodhyā (ā), f. the capital of Rāma (the modern Oude on the river Sarayu described in R. i, 5).
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the capital of Rāma (the modern Oude on the river Sarayu described in ).
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ayodhyā" is the feminine form of "ayodhya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
a-yodhyā (ā), f. the capital of Rāma (the modern Oude on the river Sarayu described in R. i, 5).
a-yodhya mf(ā)n. (3, 4) not to be warred against, irresistible, AV.; R.
ayodhya a. Not to be warred against, unassailable; irresistible; adyāyodhyā mahābāho ayodhyā pratibhāti naḥ Rām. — dhyā The capital of solar kings, born of the line of Raghu, (the modern Oudh) situated on the river Sarayū. [It is said to have extended 48 miles in length and 12 miles in breadth. It was also called Sāketa, and one of its suburbs was Nandi-grāma, where Bharata governed the kingdom during the absence of Rāma. The town plays an important part in the story of the Rāmāyaṇa; the second book ( ayodhyākāṃḍa) dealing mostly with events that took place in that city during the youthful days of Rāma.]
Alternative readings
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