Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“pain”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 497 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 322 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 342 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 613 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“pain”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
ज्वाला · noun · masculine
अग्निशिखा । लपट · विष आदि की गरमी का ताप · गरमी । ताप । जलन — Śabdasāgara
ज्वाला · jvālā · s.f.
= S جوال ज्वाल jvāl, s.m. Flame, blaze; light; fire; heat — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 394
ज्वाला · feminine
flame, blaze (visible part of fire); searing pain
Cited formation "ज्वाला" is ज्वाल + -आ: ज्वाल means "= S جوالا ज्वाला jvālā, s.f. Flame, blaze", 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 "ज्वाला" is ज्वाल + -आ: ज्वाल means "= S جوالا ज्वाला jvālā, s.f. Flame, blaze", 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
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ज्वाला — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्वाला (jvālā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
illumination, KātyŚr. iv, Paddh.
causing a flame to blaze, Nyāyam. x, 1, 22
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
illumination, Paddh.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jvālā" is the feminine form of "jvāla" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
illumination, KātyŚr. iv, Paddh.
causing a flame to blaze, Nyāyam. x, 1, 22
burnt rice, L.
= jvalanā, q.v.
jvālā f. of ˚la, q.v.
jvāla mfn. (Pāṇ. iii, 1, 140) burning, blazing, W.
jvāla m. light, torch, Kauś.
Alternative readings
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