As a deity name
Name 162 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
राका · noun · feminine
पूर्णिमा की रात · पूर्णमासी · खुजली का रोग — Śabdasāgara
राका · rākā · s.f.
The day of full moon; full moon — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 582
Cited formation "राका" is र + -आका: र means "the twenty-seventh consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आका forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "राका" is राक + -आ: राक means "corr. of rākh, q.v", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "राका" is राक + -आ: राक means "corr. of rākh, q.v", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the goddess presiding over the actual day of full moon (or regarded as the Full Moon's consort; Anumati is supposed to preside over the previous day), (cf. )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rākā" is the feminine form of "rāka" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "rāka" is derived from "rā" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
rā (ā), f. (only L.) amorous play (= vibhrama)
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rāka m. a quiver, L.
wealth, money, ib.
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Dictionary citations
rākā f. (Uṇ. iii, 40) the goddess presiding over the actual day of full moon (or regarded as the Full Moon's consort; Anumati is supposed to preside over the previous day), Jyot. (cf. IW. 158)
the day of full moon, full moon, RV. &c. &c.
N. of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Smṛti, Pur.
of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Śraddhā, ib.
of the wife of Dhātṛ and mother of Prātṛ, ib.
rāka m. a quiver, L.
wealth, money, ib.
rā (ā), f. (only L.) amorous play (= vibhrama)
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