As a deity name
Name 719 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 488 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
बलदा · noun · feminine
अश्वगंधा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "बलदा" is बलद + -आ: बलद means "Bull", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "बलदा" is बलद + -आ: बलद means "Bull", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Physalis Flexuosa
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "baladā" is the feminine form of "balada" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
bala—dā f. Physalis Flexuosa, L.
N. of a daughter of Raudrāśva, Hariv. (v.l. balā).
bala—dā (RV.; Kauś.) mfn. conferring or imparting power.
bala—da m. ‘strength-giving’, a partic. form of Agni, Gṛhyās.; MBh.
an ox, bullock, Kathās. (˚dī-bhūta mfn. become an ox, ib.)
Alternative readings
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