As a deity name
Name 188 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 104 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
एका · noun · feminine
दुर्गा — Śabdasāgara
एका · noun · masculine
ऐक्य । एकता । मेल । अभिसंधि । जैसे—(क) उन लोगों में बड़ा एका है । (ख) उन्होंने एका करके माल का लेना ही बंद कर दिया — Śabdasāgara
एका · ekā · s.m.
Unity, union, unanimity; combination, league, compact, conspiracy; a unit; an ace (at cards = ikkā) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 114
Cited formation "एका" is एक + -आ: एक means "one; 1", 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 "एका" is एक + -आ: एक means "one; 1", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: Durgā
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M1 · same meaning "ekā" is the feminine form of "eka" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
ekā f. N. of Durgā
eka mfn. (√ i, Uṇ. iii, 43, probably fr. a base e; cf. Zd. ae-va; Gk. οἰ-ν-ός, οἶος; Goth. ai-n-s; also Lat. aequu-s; g. sarvādi, Pāṇ. i, 1, 27; see Gr. 200), one (eko'pi, or ekaś-cana, with na preceding or following, no one, nobody; the words ekayā na or ekān na are used before decade numerals to lessen them by one, e.g. ekān na triṃśat, twenty-nine), RV. &c.
(with and without eva) alone, solitary, single, happening only once, that one only (frequently ifc.; cf. dharmaika-rakṣa, &c.), RV. &c.
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