As a deity name
Name 901 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 881 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
ललिता · noun · feminine
एक वर्णवृत्त जिसके प्रत्येक चरण में तगण, भगण, जगण और रगण होते हैं । जैसे—तै भाजि री अलि छिपी फिरै कहाँ । तूही बता थल हरी नहीं जहाँ · पझपुराण, ब्रह्मवैवर्त पुराण आदि के अनुसार राधिका की प्रधान आठ सखियों में से एक · एक रागिनी जो संगीतदामोदर और हनुमत के मत से मेघ राग की और सोमेश्वर के मत से वसंत राग की पत्नी है । इसका स्वरग्राम इस प्रकार है—स ग म ध नि स अथवा स रे ग म प ध नि स (प्रथम); ध नि स ग म ध (द्वितीय) — Śabdasāgara
ललिता · lalitā · s.f.
A beautiful woman; a woman; a wanton — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 963
Cited formation "ललिता" is ललित + -आ: ललित means "beautiful, lovely, graceful", 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 "ललिता" is ललित + -आ: ललित means "beautiful, lovely, graceful", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a wanton woman, any woman
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lalitā" is the feminine form of "lalita" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
lalitā f. a wanton woman, any woman, W.
musk, L.
N. of various metres, Col.
(in music) a partic. Mūrchanā, Saṃgīt.
a partic. Rāga, ib.
lalita mfn. sported, played, playing, wanton, amorous, voluptuous, Kāv.; Kathās.; Rājat.
artless, innocent, soft, gentle, charming, lovely (am ind.), ib. &c.
Alternative readings
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