As a deity name
Name 149 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 290 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 892 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 3 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
वरदा · noun · feminine
कन्या · अश्वगंध · अड़हुल — Śabdasāgara
वरदा · noun · feminine
माघ महीने के शुक्ल पक्ष की चतुर्थी । वरदा चौथ — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वरदा" is वरद + -आ: वरद means "See s.v. vara or var", 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 "वरदा" is वरद + -आ: वरद means "See s.v. vara or var", 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
a young woman, girl, maiden
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "varadā" is the feminine form of "varada" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
vara—dā (ā), f. a young woman, girl, maiden, L.
N. of a guardian goddess in the family of Vara-tantu, Cat.
of a Yoginī, Hcat. (cf. vara-pradā)
of various plants, Physalis Flexuosa, Bhpr.; Npr.
Polanisia Icosandra, L.
vara—da mf(ā)n. granting wishes, conferring a boon, ready to fulfil requests or answer prayers (said of gods and men), AV.; ŚvetUp.; TĀr. &c.
vara—da m. a benefactor, W.
Alternative readings
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