As a deity name
Name 409 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
सर्वदा · sarvadā · adv.
At all times, always, constantly, ever — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 657
सर्वदा
always, ever, at all times, perpetually
Śabdasāgara also records: सब काल में । हमेशा । सदा
Cited formation "सर्वदा" is सर्वद + -आ: सर्वद means "सब कुछ देनेवाला", 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 "सर्वदा" is सर्वद + -आ: सर्वद means "सब कुछ देनेवाला", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सर्वदा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सर्वदा (sarvadā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sarva—dā , see s.v.
sarvadā ind. always, at all times (often joined with sarvatra and sarvathā; with na, ‘never’), AV.; &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
always, at all times (often joined with sarvatra and sarvathā; with na, ‘never’), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sarvadā" is the feminine form of "sarvada" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "sarvadā" is derived from "sarva" with the dā suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
sarva mf(ā)n. (perhaps connected with sāra, q.v.; inflected as a pronoun except nom. acc. sg. n. sarvam, and serving as a model for a series of pronominals, cf. sarva-nāman) whole, entire, all, every (m. sg. ‘every one’; pl. ‘all’; n. sg. ‘everything’; sometimes strengthened by viśva [which if alone in RV. appears in the meaning ‘all’, ‘every’, ‘every one’] and nikhila; sarve'pi, ‘all together’; sarvaḥ ko'pi, ‘every one so ever’; gavāṃ sarvam, ‘all that comes from cows’; sarva with a negation = ‘not any’, ‘no’, ‘none’ or ‘not every one’, ‘not everything’), RV. &c. &c.
of all sorts, manifold, various, different, MBh. &c.
sarva—dā , see s.v.
sarvadā ind. always, at all times (often joined with sarvatra and sarvathā; with na, ‘never’), AV.; &c.
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sarva—dā , see s.v.
sarvadā ind. always, at all times (often joined with sarvatra and sarvathā; with na, ‘never’), AV.; &c.
sarvadā ind. At all times, always, for ever.
sarva—da mf(ā)n. all-bestowing, Siṃhās.; Kuval.; Pañcar.
sarva—da m. N. of Śiva, MW.
sarva mf(ā)n. (perhaps connected with sāra, q.v.; inflected as a pronoun except nom. acc. sg. n. sarvam, and serving as a model for a series of pronominals, cf. sarva-nāman) whole, entire, all, every (m. sg. ‘every one’; pl. ‘all’; n. sg. ‘everything’; sometimes strengthened by viśva [which if alone in RV. appears in the meaning ‘all’, ‘every’, ‘every one’] and nikhila; sarve'pi, ‘all together’; sarvaḥ ko'pi, ‘every one so ever’; gavāṃ sarvam, ‘all that comes from cows’; sarva with a negation = ‘not any’, ‘no’, ‘none’ or ‘not every one’, ‘not everything’), RV. &c. &c.
of all sorts, manifold, various, different, MBh. &c.
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