As a deity name
Name 306 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 971 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 544 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
सूक्ष्मा · noun · feminine
जूही । यूथिका · छोटी इलायची · करुणी नाम का पौधा — Śabdasāgara
सूक्ष्मा · adj
स्त्री॰ दे॰ 'सूक्ष्म ^१' — Śabdasāgara
सूक्ष्मा · sūkshmā · s.f.
A kind of jasmine, Jasminum auriculatum; a sort of perfume; small cardamoms — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 699
Cited formation "सूक्ष्मा" is सूक्ष्म + -आ: सूक्ष्म means "(f. -ā), Subtle, minute, atomic, atom-like", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "सूक्ष्मा" is सूक्ष्म + -आ: सूक्ष्म means "(f. -ā), Subtle, minute, atomic, atom-like", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sand
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sūkṣmā" is the feminine form of "sūkṣma" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
sūkṣmā (ā), f. sand, L.
small cardamoms, L.
N. of two plants (= yūthikā or karuṇī), L.
of one of the 9 Śaktis of Viṣṇu, L.
sūkṣma mf(ā)n. (prob. connected with sūci, p. 1241, col. 1) minute, small, fine, thin, narrow, short, feeble, trifling, insignificant, unimportant (with artha m. ‘a trifling matter’), Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
acute, subtle, keen (understanding or mental operation; am ind.), KaṭhUp.; R. &c.
Alternative readings
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