As a deity name
Name 716 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
होरा · noun · feminine
एक अहोरात्र का २४ वाँ भाग । घंटा । ढाई घड़ी का समय · एक राशि या लग्न का आधा भाग · ज्योतिषशास्ञ में एक लग्न — Śabdasāgara
होरा · noun · masculine
होली का त्यौहार — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ होला
होरा · horā · s.f.
The rising of a zodiacal sign; part of the duration of a sign; an hour — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1241
Cited formation "होरा" is होर + -आ: होर means "(dialec.) = هوڙ hoṛ, q.v", 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 "होरा" is होर + -आ: होर means "(dialec.) = هوڙ hoṛ, q.v", 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
an hour (the 24th part of an Aho-rātra)
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Dictionary citations
horā f. (fr. Gk. ὥρα) an hour (the 24th part of an Aho-rātra), VarBṛS.; MārkP.
the half of a zodiacal sign, Var.
horoscope or horoscopy, ib. &c.
horā [hu-ran] 1 The rising of a zodiacal sign. 2 Part of the duration of a sign. 3 An hour. 4 A mark, line.
horā f. (-rā) 1 The rising of a sign of the zodiac. 2 Part of the duration of a sign, the twenty-fourth part of a day, an hour. 3 A mark, a line. 4 A science or work in science, probably on astrology. E. hoḍa to go, to proceed, affs. aca and ṭāpa, and ḍa changed to ra.
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