As a deity name
Name 772 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 171 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
श्रेष्ठा · noun · feminine
बहुत उत्तम स्त्री · स्थल कमल · मेदा नामक अष्टवर्गीय ओषधि — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "श्रेष्ठा" is श्रेष्ठ + -आ: श्रेष्ठ means "excellent, high-quality, best", 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 "श्रेष्ठा" is श्रेष्ठ + -आ: श्रेष्ठ means "excellent, high-quality, best", 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
an excellent woman
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śreṣṭhā" is the feminine form of "śreṣṭha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
śreṣṭhā (ā), f. an excellent woman, MW.
Hibiscus Mutabilis, L. (prob. w.r. for lakṣmī-śr˚)
a kind of root resembling ginger, L.
śreṣṭha mf(ā)n. most splendid or beautiful, most beautiful of or among (with gen.), RV.; AV.; R.
most excellent, best, first, chief (n. ‘the best or chief thing’), best of or among or in respect of or in (with gen. loc., or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
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