As a deity name
Name 697 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
मुहूर्त · noun · masculine
काल का एक नाम । दिन रात का तीसवाँ भाग · निर्दिष्ट क्षण या काल । समय । जैसे, शुभ मुहूर्त · १२ क्षण का समय (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
मुहूर्त · muhūrt · s.m.
A particular division of time ( = 12 kshaṇ, or 2 ghaṛī); the thirtieth part of a day, a period of 48 minutes — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1102
मुहूर्त · masculine
a particular measure of time (= 2 ghāṭīs or = 1/30 day), equalling 48 minutes; an auspicious moment; a moment, an instant
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मुहूर्त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मुहूर्त (muhūrta).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
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.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a moment, instant, any short space of time, &c. &c. (ibc., in a moment; ˚tena after an instant, presently)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "muhūrta" is the vocative of "muhūrtā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
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.
muhūrta See above.
muhūrtā (ā), f. N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (wife of Dharma or Manu and mother of the Muhūrtas), Hariv.; Pur.
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