As a deity name
Name 222 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
मुहूर्ता · muhūrtā · s.m.
pl. The The Muhūrtas or Hours personified as the children of Muhūrtā — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1102
मुहूर्ता · muhūrtā · s.f.
Name of a daughter of Daksh (wife of Dharm or Manu, and mother of the Muhūrtas) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1102
Cited formation "मुहूर्ता" is मुहूर्त + -आ: मुहूर्त means "a particular measure of time (= 2 ghāṭīs or = 1/30 day), equalling 48 minutes", 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 "मुहूर्ता" is मुहूर्त + -आ: मुहूर्त means "a particular measure of time (= 2 ghāṭīs or = 1/30 day), equalling 48 minutes", 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
Recorded as a personal name: a daughter of Dakṣa (wife of Dharma or Manu and mother of the Muhūrtas)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "muhūrtā" is the feminine form of "muhūrta" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
muhūrtā (ā), f. N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (wife of Dharma or Manu and mother of the Muhūrtas), Hariv.; Pur.
muhūrta m. n. a moment, instant, any short space of time, RV. &c. &c. (ibc., in a moment; ˚tena ind. after an instant, presently)
a partic. division of time, the 30th part of a day, a period of 48 minutes (in pl. personified as the children of Muhūrta), ŚBr. &c. &c.
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