As a deity name
Name 550 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
शैलजा · noun · feminine
पर्वत से उत्पन्न । पार्वती । दुर्गा · सिंहपिप्पली · गजपिप्पली — Śabdasāgara
शैलजा · feminine
Shailaja; an epithet of the Goddess Parvati; a female given name, Shailaja, from Sanskrit
शैलजा · feminine
mountain born; an epithet for a river; a mountain shrub or plant
Cited formation "शैलजा" is शैलज + -आ: शैलज means "पथरफूल । छरीला", 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 "शैलजा" is शैलज + -आ: शैलज means "पथरफूल । छरीला", 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 शैलजा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit शैलजा (śailajā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śaila—jā f. N. of various plants (= siṃha-pippalī, gaja-pipp˚ &c.), L.
N. of Durgā, MW.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: various plants (= siṃha-pippalī, gaja-pipp˚ &c.)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śailajā" is the feminine form of "śailaja" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
śaila—jā f. N. of various plants (= siṃha-pippalī, gaja-pipp˚ &c.), L.
N. of Durgā, MW.
śaila—ja mfn. m˚-born, R.
made of stone, Hcat.
Alternative readings
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