As a deity name
Name 553 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
वामा · noun · feminine
स्त्री · दुर्गा · लक्ष्मी (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
वामा · vāmā · s.f.
A woman — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1177
वाँ
Cited formation "वामा" is वाम + -आ: वाम means "Reverse", 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 "वामा" is वामना + -आ: वामना means "Name of an Apsaras", 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 "वामा" is वाम + -आ: वाम means "Reverse", 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
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a beautiful woman, any woman or wife
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vāmā" is the feminine form of "vāma" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "vāmā" is the nominative of "vāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
M3 · meaning shifts "vāma" is derived from "vām" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vām (encl.) acc. dat. gen. du. of 2nd pers. pron. (cf. Pāṇ. viii, 1, 20; 24 &c.), RV. &c. &c. (the accented vām in RV. vi, 55, 1 is thought to be = āvām nom. du. of 1st pers. pron.)
1. vāma m. (for 2. and 3. See col. 2) the act of vomiting g. jvalādi
2. vāma mf(ī or ā)n. (fr. √ 1. van; for 1. See col. 1) lovely, dear, pleasant, agreeable, fair, beautiful, splendid, noble, RV. &c. &c.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vāmā (ā), f. a beautiful woman, any woman or wife, Pañcar.; Sāh.
a partic. form of Durgā, Pur.
a partic. Śakti, Hcat.
N. of Lakṣmī, W.
of Sarasvatī, ib.
1. vāma m. (for 2. and 3. See col. 2) the act of vomiting g. jvalādi
2. vāma mf(ī or ā)n. (fr. √ 1. van; for 1. See col. 1) lovely, dear, pleasant, agreeable, fair, beautiful, splendid, noble, RV. &c. &c.
vāman (g. pāmādi), prob. invented to explain vāmana.
vām (encl.) acc. dat. gen. du. of 2nd pers. pron. (cf. Pāṇ. viii, 1, 20; 24 &c.), RV. &c. &c. (the accented vām in RV. vi, 55, 1 is thought to be = āvām nom. du. of 1st pers. pron.)
Alternative readings
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