As a deity name
Name 874 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
दोला · noun · feminine
नील का पेड़ · हिंडोला । झूला · डोली या चँडोल — Śabdasāgara
दोला · dolā · s.f.
A swing, &c. ( = ḍolā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 535
Cited formation "दोला" is दोल + -आ: दोल means "Swinging, oscillating", 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 "दोला" is दोलना + -आ: दोलना means "अ॰", 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 "दोला" is दोल + -आ: दोल means "Swinging, oscillating", 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
litter, hammock, palanquin, swing (fig. = fluctuation, incertitude, doubt), &c. (rarely ˚la or ī)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dolā" is the feminine form of "dola" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
dolā f. See below.
dolā f. litter, hammock, palanquin, swing (fig. = fluctuation, incertitude, doubt), MBh.; Kāv. &c. (rarely ˚la m. or f(ī). )
the Indigo plant, L.
dolā, dolikā 1 A litter, palanquin. 2 A swing, hammock (fig. also); āsītsa dolācalacittavṛttiḥ R. 14. 34; 9. 46; 19. 44; saṃdehadolāmāropyate K. 207. 3 Swinging, fluctuation. 4 Doubt, uncertainty. 5 The Indigo plant. Comp. — adhirūḍha, -ārūḍha a. (lit.) mounted on a swing; (fig.) uncertain, irresolute, disquieted. — yuddhaṃ uncertainty of success, a fight with varying success; Śi. 18. 80.
dola m. (√ dul) swinging, oscillating, MBh. i, 1214
a festival (on the 14th of Phālguna) when images of the boy Kṛṣṇa are swung, W.
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