As a deity name
Name 585 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
क्षणदा · noun · feminine
रात्रि । रात · हल्दी — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "क्षणदा" is क्षणद + -आ: क्षणद means "जल", 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 "क्षणदा" is क्षणद + -आ: क्षणद means "जल", 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
‘giving leisure’, night (= kṣaṇinī)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kṣaṇadā" is the feminine form of "kṣaṇada" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
kṣaṇa—dā f. ‘giving leisure’, night (= kṣaṇinī), Ragh.; BhP.
lightning, L.
turmeric, L.
kṣaṇa—da m. an astrologer, L.
kṣaṇa—da n. (= kṣaṇadāndhya) night-blindness, Suśr. vi, 17, 15
Alternative readings
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