As a deity name
Name 725 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 347 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
बुध · noun · masculine
सौर जगत् का एक ग्रह जो सूर्य के सबसे अधिक समीप रहता है — Śabdasāgara
बुध · noun · masculine
ज्ञान । बोध । समझ — Śabdasāgara
बुध · budh · s.f.
= buddhi, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 141
बुध · budh · s.m.
A wise or learned man ( = buddha, q.v.); name of a son of Soma or the moon, and regent of the planet Mercury; the planet Mercury; Wednesday — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 141
बुध · masculine
Budha, son of the moon god Chandra, associated with intelligence and wisdom.; Mercury
बुध · masculine
wise, intelligent; learned
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi बुध — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बुध (budha). Cognate with Assamese বুধ (budh), Bengali বুধ (budh), Gujarati બુધ (budh), Konkani बुध (budh), Marathi बुध (budh), Nepali बुध (budh) Punjabi ਬੁਧ (budh).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
budha mfn. awaking (cf. uṣar-budha)
intelligent, clever, wise, Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a wise or learned man, sage
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "budha" is the vocative of "budhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
budha mfn. awaking (cf. uṣar-budha)
intelligent, clever, wise, Mn.; MBh. &c.
budha m. a wise or learned man, sage, ib.
a god, L.
a dog, L.
budhā f. Nardostachys Jatamansi, L.
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