As a deity name
Name 488 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 615 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
पुष्टिदा · noun · feminine
अश्वगंधा । असगंध · वृद्धि नाम का ओषधि — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "पुष्टिदा" is पुष्टिद + -आ: पुष्टिद means "पुष्टि देनेवाला । पुष्टिकारक", 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 "पुष्टिदा" is पुष्टिद + -आ: पुष्टिद means "पुष्टि देनेवाला । पुष्टिकारक", 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
Physalis Flexuosa
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "puṣṭidā" is the feminine form of "puṣṭida" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
puṣṭi—dā (ā), f. N. of a drug (= vṛddhi), L.
Physalis Flexuosa, L.
puṣṭi—da mfn. yielding or causing pr˚, nourishing, cherishing, Hariv.; Var.; Suśr.
puṣṭi—da m. pl. N. of a class of Pitṛs, MārkP.
Alternative readings
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