As a deity name
Name 693 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
द्वारका · noun · feminine
काठियावाड़ गुजरात की एक प्राचीन नगरी — Śabdasāgara
द्वारका · dvārakā · s.f.
'The city with many gates'; name of a sacred place of the Hindūs situated near the mouth of the gulf of Kach, on the western coast of Hindūstān (it was the capital of Krishṇa, and is supposed to have been submerged by the sea) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 531
द्वारका
Dwarka (a city in Gujarat, India)
Cited formation "द्वारका" is द्वारक + -आ: द्वारक means "aperture, a hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.", 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
Cited formation "द्वारका" is द्वारक + -आ: द्वारक means "aperture, a hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi द्वारका — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit द्वारका (dvārakā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dvārakā f. ‘many-gated’, N. of the capital of Kṛṣṇa (on the western point of Gūjarāt, supposed to have been submerged by the sea), MBh.; Hariv.; Pur. &c. (f(ikā). id., L.; RTL. 55, 1; 113; 400, 2)
dvārakā f. of prec.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘many-gated’, N. of the capital of Kṛṣṇa (on the western point of Gūjarāt, supposed to have been submerged by the sea), &c. (ikā id., )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dvārakā" is the feminine form of "dvāraka" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "dvāraka" is derived from "dvāra" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
dvāra n. door, gate, passage, entrance, ŚBr.; ĀśvGṛ.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
opening, aperture (esp. of the human body, cf. nava-), Up.; Suśr. &c.
dvāraka n. door, gate, MBh.
dvāraka mfn. ifc. occasioned or caused by, Śaṃk.
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Dictionary citations
dvārakā f. ‘many-gated’, N. of the capital of Kṛṣṇa (on the western point of Gūjarāt, supposed to have been submerged by the sea), MBh.; Hariv.; Pur. &c. (f(ikā). id., L.; RTL. 55, 1; 113; 400, 2)
dvārakā f. of prec.
dvāra(ri)kā N. of the capital of Kṛṣṇa on the western point of Gujarāth; (for a description of Dvārakā, see Śi. 3. 33-63) Comp. — īśaḥ, -nāthaḥ, -patiḥ epithets of Kṛṣṇa.
dvārakā See under saurāṣṭr.
dvāraka n. door, gate, MBh.
dvāraka mfn. ifc. occasioned or caused by, Śaṃk.
dvāra n. door, gate, passage, entrance, ŚBr.; ĀśvGṛ.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
opening, aperture (esp. of the human body, cf. nava-), Up.; Suśr. &c.
Alternative readings
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