As a deity name
Name 574 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 283 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
मुक्ता · noun · feminine
मोती · रासना · वेश्या (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
मुक्ता · muktā · s.f.
A pearl (as loosened or set free from the pearl-oyster shell) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1057
मुक्ता · muktā · s.m.
A pearl ( = S. muktā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1057
Cited formation "मुक्ता" is मुक्त + -आ: मुक्त means "free", 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 "मुक्ता" is मुक्त + -आ: मुक्त means "free", 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 pearl (as loosened from the pearl-oyster shell), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "muktā" is the feminine form of "mukta" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
muktā f. (with or scil. dis) the quarter or cardinal point just quitted by the sun, VarBṛS.
a pearl (as loosened from the pearl-oyster shell), Mn.; MBh. &c.
an unchaste woman, L.
a species of plant (= rāsnā), L.
N. of a river, VP.
mukta muktā, mukti See p. 816 &c.
mukta mfn. loosened, let loose, set free, relaxed, slackened, opened, open, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
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