As a deity name
Name 555 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
गुणा · noun · masculine
[वि॰ गुण्य, गुणित] गणित की एक क्रिया । एक अंक पर दूसरे अंक का ऐसा प्रयोग जिसके द्वारा वही फल निकलता है जो पहले अंक को उतनी ही बार अलग—अलग रखकर जोड़ने से निकलता है जितना दूसरा अंक है । जरब — Śabdasāgara
गुणा · guṇā · s.m.
(f. gunī) Fold, times (suffixed to numerals to form multiplicatives; e.g. sau-gunā, 'a hundred-fold') — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 916
गुणा · masculine
multiplication
Cited formation "गुणा" is गुण + -आ: गुण means "quality, condition", 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 "गुणा" is गुणना + -आ: गुणना means "To praise, laud", 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
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi गुणा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit गुणा (guṇā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
guṇā (ā), f. Sanseviera Roxburghiana, L.
the plant māṃsarohiṇī, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Sanseviera Roxburghiana
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "guṇā" is the feminine form of "guṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
guṇā (ā), f. Sanseviera Roxburghiana, L.
the plant māṃsarohiṇī, L.
N. of a princess, Rājat. iv, 695 (cf. nir-, vi-, sa-; gauṇa.)
guṇa m. (√ grah, Uṇ.) a single thread or strand of a cord or twine (e.g. tri-g˚, q.v.), string or thread, rope, TS. vii; Mṛcch.; Kum.; Ragh.
a garland, W.
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