As a Hindi name

Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.

प्रमा · noun · feminine

चेतना । ज्ञान । बोध · शुद्ध बोध । यथार्थ ज्ञान । जहाँ जैसी बात है वहाँ वैसा अनुभव (न्याय) · नींव — Śabdasāgara

प्रमा · pra-mā · s.f.

True perception, correct notion, accurate conception, true and certain knowledge, knowledge exempt from all error; consciousness; authority, example ( = pramāṇ) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 253

Cited formation "प्रमा" is प्र- + मा: मा means "A mother", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago

Cited formation "प्रमा" is प्रम + -आ: प्रम means "श्रेष्ठ । प्रधान", 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 "प्रमा" is प्रमना + -आ: प्रमना means "हर्षयुक्त । प्रसन्न", 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