As a deity name
Name 751 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
मन्दा · mandā · adj.
(f. -ā, or -ī), Slow, tardy, inactive, sluggish; cold, phlegmatic, apathetic; tedious; dull, languid — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1073
मंदा
slow; faint, weak; spoiled, ruined; lazy, inert, dull
मन्दा
Cited formation "मन्दा" is मन्द + -आ: मन्द means "(f. -ā, or -ī), Slow, tardy, inactive, sluggish", 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 "मन्दा" is मन्द + -आ: मन्द means "(f. -ā, or -ī), Slow, tardy, inactive, sluggish", 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 tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit मन्द — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀤 (maṃda) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit मन्द (manda, “dull-witted, slow, bad”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
manda mf(ā)n. slow, tardy, moving slowly or softly, loitering, idle, lazy, sluggish in (loc. or comp.), apathetic, phlegmatic, indifferent to (dat.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
weak, slight, slack (as a bow), dull, faint (as light), low (as a voice), gentle (as rain or wind), feeble (as the digestive faculty), ib.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a pot, vessel, inkstand
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mandā" is the nominative of "mandiman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mandā" is the feminine form of "manda" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mandā f. a pot, vessel, inkstand, L.
N. of Dākṣāyaṇī, Cat.
(scil. saṃkrānti) a partic. astron. conjunction, L.
(in music) N. of a Śruti, Saṃgīt.
mandiman m. slowness, Vās. (g. pṛthv-ādi).
manda mf(ā)n. slow, tardy, moving slowly or softly, loitering, idle, lazy, sluggish in (loc. or comp.), apathetic, phlegmatic, indifferent to (dat.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
weak, slight, slack (as a bow), dull, faint (as light), low (as a voice), gentle (as rain or wind), feeble (as the digestive faculty), ib.
Alternative readings
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