As a deity name
Name 122 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 286 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 330 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 725 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
कमला · noun · masculine
एक कीड़ा जिसके ऊपर रोएँ होते हैं । मनुषों के शरीर में इसके छू जाने से खुजलाहट होती हैं । झाँझाँ । सूँड़ी · अनाज या सड़े फल आदि में पड़नेवाला लंबा सफेद रंग का कीड़ा । ढ़ोला । ढ़ोलट — Śabdasāgara
कमला · kamalā · s.f.
An epithet of the goddess Lakshmī; an excellent woman — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 849
कमला · kamalā · s.m.
A species of orange ( = kaulā or kauṅlā) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 849
कमला · feminine
an epithet of Goddess Lakshmi; Kamala River (a river in Bihar, India); a female given name, Kamala, from Sanskrit
Cited formation "कमला" is कमल + -आ: कमल means "Nelumbo nucifera; lotus", 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 "कमला" is कमल + -आ: कमल means "Nelumbo nucifera; lotus", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कमला — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कमला (kamalā). Doublet of कमल (kamal) and कँवल (kãval).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kamalā f. N. of Lakṣmi, BhP.; Sāh.; Kathās.
wealth, prosperity, Subh.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an excellent woman
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kamalā" is the feminine form of "kamala" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
kamalā f. N. of Lakṣmi, BhP.; Sāh.; Kathās.
wealth, prosperity, Subh.
N. of Dākṣyāyaṇī, MatsyaP.
of one of the mothers in the retinue of Skanda, MBh.
of the wife of Jayāpīḍa, Rājat.
kamala mfn. (Comm. on Uṇ. i, 106) pale-red, rose-coloured, TS. vii, 3, 18, 1
(kamala), AV. viii, 6, 9 (desirous, lustful, BRD.)
Alternative readings
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