As a deity name
Name 208 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 201 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
रक्ता · noun · feminine
संगीत में पंचम स्वर की चार श्रुतियों में से दूसरी श्रुति का नाम · गुंजा । घुँघची · लाल — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "रक्ता" is रक्त + -आ: रक्त means "red", 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 "रक्ता" is रक्त + -आ: रक्त means "red", 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
lac (= lākṣā)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "raktā" is the nominative of "raktṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "raktā" is the nominative of "raktiman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "raktā" is the feminine form of "rakta" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "raktā" is derived from "rak" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
rak cl. 10. P. rākayati, to taste, relish; to obtain, get, Dhātup. xxxiii, 63 (v.l. rag, ragh).
rak 10 U. (rākayati-te) 1 To taste. 2 To get, obtain.
raktā (ā), f. lac (= lākṣā), Suśr.
Abrus Precatorius (or its seeds as a measure or weight, = raktikā), Car.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
raktā (ā), f. lac (= lākṣā), Suśr.
Abrus Precatorius (or its seeds as a measure or weight, = raktikā), Car.
Rubia Munjista, L.
Echinops Echinatus, L.
N. of one of the 7 tongues of fire, L.
raktṛ m. a dyer, painter, L. (prob. w.r. for raṅktṛ).
raktṛ m. A painter, dyer
raktiman m. redness, red colour, Kuval.; Sarvad.
raktiman m. Redness.
rakta mf(ā)n. coloured, dyed, painted, Br.; GṛŚrS.; Mn. &c. (cf. Pāṇ. iv, 2, 1)
reddened, red, crimson, ŚāṅkhGṛ.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (said of 5 or 7 parts of the body which ought to be red, MBh. iv, 253; VarBṛS. lxviii, 84)
rak cl. 10. P. rākayati, to taste, relish; to obtain, get, Dhātup. xxxiii, 63 (v.l. rag, ragh).
rak 10 U. (rākayati-te) 1 To taste. 2 To get, obtain.
Alternative readings
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