As a deity name
Name 22 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 394 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 27 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 827 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
त्रिपुरा · noun · feminine
कामाख्या देवी की एक मूर्ति — Śabdasāgara
त्रिपुरा · masculine
Tripura (a state in northeastern India)
Cited formation "त्रिपुरा" is त्रिपुर + -आ: त्रिपुर means "बाणासुर का एक नाम", 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 "त्रिपुरा" is त्रिपुर + -आ: त्रिपुर means "बाणासुर का एक नाम", 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; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of cardamoms (cf. -puṭā)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tripurā" is the instrumental of "tripur" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "tripurā" is the feminine form of "tripura" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
tri—purā (ā), f. a kind of cardamoms (cf. -puṭā), Gal.
a kind of rice, ib.
a kind of sorcery, Śārad. xii
N. of an Up.
Durgā, KālP.; Tantras.; Pañcad.
tri—pur f. pl. ‘Τρίπολις’, the 3 strong cities, triple fortification, BhP. vii.
tri—pura n. sg. id. (built of gold, silver, and iron, in the sky, air, and earth, by Maya for the Asuras, and burnt by Śiva, MBh. &c.; cf. TS. vi, 2, 3, 1), ŚBr. vi, 3, 3, 25; AitBr. ii, 11; ŚāṅkhBr., N. of an Up.
of a town, Kṣitīś. iii, 17
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