As a deity name
Name 405 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
प्राणदा · noun · feminine
हरीतकी । हरे · ऋद्धि नामक ओषधि — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्राणदा" is प्राणद + -आ: प्राणद means "प्राणदाता । जो प्राण दे", 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: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्राणदा" is प्राणद + -आ: प्राणद means "प्राणदाता । जो प्राण दे", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Terminalia Chebula
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "prāṇadā" is the feminine form of "prāṇada" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
prāṇa—dā (ā), f. Terminalia Chebula, L.
a species of bulbous plant, L.
Commelina Salicifolia, L.
(with guḍikā) a kind of pill used as a remedy for hemorrhoids, L.
prāṇa—dā mfn. giving breath, VS.
prāṇa—da mf(ā)n. life-giving, saving or preserving life, AV. &c. &c.
prāṇa—da m. Terminalia Tomentosa or Coccinia Grandis, L.
Alternative readings
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