As a deity name
Name 933 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
इडा · noun · feminine
पृथिवी । भूमि · गाय · वाणी — Śabdasāgara
इडा · feminine
a female given name, Ida, from Sanskrit
इडा · feminine
Ida, goddess associated with nourishment; earth, land; nourishment, refreshment; speech, praise
Cited formation "इडा" is इड + -आ: इड means "अग्नि", 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 "इडा" is इड + -आ: इड means "अग्नि", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit इडा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“From Sanskrit इडा (iḍā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
iḍā, f. or (in Ṛg-veda) iḻā, (not to be confounded with the inst. case of iḍ above), refreshing draught, refreshment, animation, recreation, comfort, vital spirit, RV.; AV.; AitBr. offering, libation (especially a holy libation, offered between the Pra-yāga and Anu-yāga, and consisting of four preparations of milk, poured into a vessel containing water, and then partially drunk by the priest and sacrificers; personified in the cow, the symbol of feeding, and nourishment), ŚBr. i, 8, 1, 1, &c.; AitBr.; KātyŚr.; Kauś.; (metaphorically, cf. id), stream or flow of praise and worship (personified as the goddess of sacred speech and action, invoked together with Aditi and other deities, but especially in the Āprī hymns together with Sarasvatī and Mahī or Bhāratī), RV.; AV.; VS. &c. ; the earth, food, Sāy. a cow the goddess iḍā or iḻā (daughter of Manu or of man thinking on and worshipping the gods; she is the wife of Budha and mother of Purū-ravas; in another aspect she is called Maitrāvaruṇi as daughter of Mitra-Varuṇa, two gods who were objects of the highest and most spiritual devotion) N. of Durgā of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa of a wife of Vasudeva and of the Rudra Ṛta-dhvaja speech, BhP. heaven, L. earth, MBh. a particular artery on the left side of the body a tubular vessel (one of the principal channels of the vital spirit, that which is on the right side of the body), L.
iḍā -lā [il-ac, vā lasya ḍatvaṃ] 1 The earth; prabudhyate nūnamiḍātalasthaḥ Mb. 2 Speech. 3 An offering, libation. (coming between prayāga and anuyāga). 4 Refreshing draught. 5 (Hence) Food. 6 (Fig.) Steam or flow of praise or worship personified as the goddess of sacred speech. 7 Libation and offering of milk. 8 A cow. 9 N. of a goddess, daughter of Manu. (She is the wife of Budha and mother of Purūravas; (pb) she is also called maitrāvaruṇī as the daughter of mitra and varuṇa). 10 N. of Durgā. 11 Heaven. 12 A tubular vessel (nāḍībheda), (being in the right side of the body).
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
or (in Ṛg-veda) iḻā, (not to be confounded with the inst. case of iḍ above), refreshing draught, refreshment, animation, recreation, comfort, vital spirit, offering, libation (espe…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "iḍā" is the feminine form of "iḍa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
iḍā, f. or (in Ṛg-veda) iḻā, (not to be confounded with the inst. case of iḍ above), refreshing draught, refreshment, animation, recreation, comfort, vital spirit, RV.; AV.; AitBr. offering, libation (especially a holy libation, offered between the Pra-yāga and Anu-yāga, and consisting of four preparations of milk, poured into a vessel containing water, and then partially drunk by the priest and sacrificers; personified in the cow, the symbol of feeding, and nourishment), ŚBr. i, 8, 1, 1, &c.; AitBr.; KātyŚr.; Kauś.; (metaphorically, cf. id), stream or flow of praise and worship (personified as the goddess of sacred speech and action, invoked together with Aditi and other deities, but especially in the Āprī hymns together with Sarasvatī and Mahī or Bhāratī), RV.; AV.; VS. &c. ; the earth, food, Sāy. a cow the goddess iḍā or iḻā (daughter of Manu or of man thinking on and worshipping the gods; she is the wife of Budha and mother of Purū-ravas; in another aspect she is called Maitrāvaruṇi as daughter of Mitra-Varuṇa, two gods who were objects of the highest and most spiritual devotion) N. of Durgā of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa of a wife of Vasudeva and of the Rudra Ṛta-dhvaja speech, BhP. heaven, L. earth, MBh. a particular artery on the left side of the body a tubular vessel (one of the principal channels of the vital spirit, that which is on the right side of the body), L.
iḍā -lā [il-ac, vā lasya ḍatvaṃ] 1 The earth; prabudhyate nūnamiḍātalasthaḥ Mb. 2 Speech. 3 An offering, libation. (coming between prayāga and anuyāga). 4 Refreshing draught. 5 (Hence) Food. 6 (Fig.) Steam or flow of praise or worship personified as the goddess of sacred speech. 7 Libation and offering of milk. 8 A cow. 9 N. of a goddess, daughter of Manu. (She is the wife of Budha and mother of Purūravas; (pb) she is also called maitrāvaruṇī as the daughter of mitra and varuṇa). 10 N. of Durgā. 11 Heaven. 12 A tubular vessel (nāḍībheda), (being in the right side of the body).
iḍā f. (-ḍā) 1 The wife of BUDDHA, daughter of IKṢVĀKU. 2 The earth. 3 A cow. 4 Speed. 5 A tubular vessel, one of the principal channels of the vital spirit, that which is on the right side of the body. 6 Heaven. 7 The goddess of speech. E. ila to direct or send, ka affix, and ṭāp fem. la and ḍa are interchangeable: see ilā.
iḍa as, m. N. of Agni (who is to be addressed with prayers, or invoked with the stream of flow of praise), VS. ii, 3
N. of a king (a son of Kardama or Manu), VP. (cf. ila.)
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