As a deity name
Name 160 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
सेना · noun · feminine
युद्ध की शिक्षा पाए हुए और अस्त्र- शस्त्र से सजे मनुष्यों का बड़ा समूह । सिपाहियों का गरोह । फौज । पलटन · भाला । बरछी । शक्ति । साँग · इंद्र का वज्र — Śabdasāgara
सेना · verb
स॰ · सेवा करना । खिदमत करना । किसी को आराम देना या उसका काम करना । नौकरी बजाना । टहल करना · आराधना करना । पूजना । उपासना करना — Śabdasāgara
सेना · senā · s.f.
An army, armament, force, body of troops; an army personified as the wife of Kārttikeya, god of war — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 713
सेना · senā · s.m.
The commander of a body of troops — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 713
सेना · feminine
army, military, body of troops
सेना · masculine
commander of a body of troops; a village revenue-collector
Cited formation "सेना" is से + -ना: से means "indicates association or mutual dealing; comitative case: by; with; to", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सेना — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सेना (sénā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
senā f. (fr. √ 2. si) a missile, dart, spear, RV.; AV.
N. of Indra's wife (or his thunderbolt so personified), TS.; AitBr.; Vait.
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit सैन्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀡𑁆𑀡 (seṇṇa, “soldier, army”), from Sanskrit सैन्य (sainya, “soldier”), a vṛddhi derivative of सेना (senā, “army”), for which see the above entry.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sainya mfn. belonging to or proceeding from an army, MBh.; Hariv.
sainya m. (ifc. f(ā). ) a soldier (pl. ‘troops’), R.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an army, armament, battle-array, armed force (also personified as wife of Kārttikeya; ifc. also sena), &c. &c.
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M1 · same meaning "senā" is the feminine form of "sena" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
senā f. (fr. √ 2. si) a missile, dart, spear, RV.; AV.
N. of Indra's wife (or his thunderbolt so personified), TS.; AitBr.; Vait.
an army, armament, battle-array, armed force (also personified as wife of Kārttikeya; ifc. also n(sena). ), RV. &c. &c.
a small army (consisting of 3 elephants, 3 chariots, 9 horse, and 15 foot), L.
any drilled troop or band or body of men, Bālar.
1. sena mfn. (7. sa + ina) having a master or lord, dependent on another, Vās.
2. sena (?) n. the body, L.
Alternative readings
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