As a deity name
Name 819 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
बोध · noun · masculine
भ्रम या अज्ञान का अभाव । ज्ञान । जानकारी । जानने का भाव · तसल्ली । धीरज । संतोष — Śabdasāgara
बोध · bodh · s.m.
Understanding, knowledge, wisdom, intelligence; perception, apprehension, cognition, conception, thought — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 174
बोध · bodh · s.m.
A security — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 174
बोध · masculine
insight, knowledge; intelligence; perception, cognition
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi बोध — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit बोध (bodhá).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bodha mfn. knowing, understanding, AṣṭāvS. (cf. g. jvalādi)
bodha m. waking, becoming or being awake, consciousness, AV.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
waking, becoming or being awake, consciousness, &c.
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Dictionary citations
bodha mfn. knowing, understanding, AṣṭāvS. (cf. g. jvalādi)
bodha m. waking, becoming or being awake, consciousness, AV.; MBh. &c.
the opening of blossom, bloom, Cat.
the taking effect (of spells; acc. with pra-√ yā, ‘to begin to take effect’), ib.
exciting (a perfume), Var.
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