As a deity name
Name 580 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 478 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
धनदा · adj
स्त्री॰ [सं॰] धन देनेवाली — Śabdasāgara
धनदा · noun · feminine
आश्विन कृष्ण एकादशी का नाम — Śabdasāgara
धनदा · dhandā · s.m.
= dhandhā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 547
Cited formation "धनदा" is धनद + -आ: धनद means "See s.v. dhan", 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 "धनदा" is धनद + -आ: धनद means "See s.v. dhan", 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
prize-giving, giving booty or treasures, (cf. -da).
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhanadā" is the feminine form of "dhanada" — 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
dhana—dā f. N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, MBh.
of a Tantra deity, Tantras.
dhana—dā mfn. prize-giving, giving booty or treasures, RV.; AV. (cf. -da).
dhana—da mf(ā)n. ‘w˚-giving’, liberal, Kām.
dhana—da m. Barringtonia Acutangula, L.
Alternative readings
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