As a deity name
Name 581 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 125 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 44 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 712 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
कामदा · noun · feminine
कामधेनु · एक देवी जिसकी अहिरांवण पूजा करता था · चैत्र शुक्ल पक्ष की एकादशी का नाम — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कामदा" is कामद + -आ: कामद means "[वि॰ स्त्री॰ कामदा] मनोरथ पूरा करनेवाला । इच्छानुसार फल देनेवाला । यौ.—कामदगिरि = चित्रकूट", 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 "कामदा" is कामद + -आ: कामद means "[वि॰ स्त्री॰ कामदा] मनोरथ पूरा करनेवाला । इच्छानुसार फल देनेवाला । यौ.—कामदगिरि = चित्रकूट", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
betel-pepper
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kāmadā" is the feminine form of "kāmada" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
kāma—dā f. = -dhenu, R. i, 53, 20
betel-pepper, Npr.
the yellow Myrobalan, Npr.
a Sanseviera, Npr.
N. of one of the mothers in attendance on Skanda, MBh. ix, 2645
kāma—da mf(ā)n. giving what is wished, granting desires, R.; Kathās. &c.
N. of the sun, MBh. iii, 154
Alternative readings
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