Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 277 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 312 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
वीरा · noun · feminine
मुरामांसी । मुरा · क्षीर काकोली · भुइँआँवला — Śabdasāgara
वीरा · vīrā · s.f.
(m. vīra or vīr), The wife of a hero — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1209
Cited formation "वीरा" is वीर + -आ: वीर means "heroic, brave", 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 "वीरा" is वीर + -आ: वीर means "heroic, brave", 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
a partic. Śruti
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vīrā" is the feminine form of "vīra" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
vīrā f. (in music) a partic. Śruti, Saṃgīt.
N. of the wife of Bharad-vāja, L.
of the wife of Karaṃ-dhama, MārkP.
of a river, MBh. (B. vāṇī)
vīrā 1 The wife of a hero. 2 A wife. 3 A mother, matron. 4 A kind of perfume (called Murā). 5 Spirituous liquor. 6 An aloe. 7 The plantain tree.
vīra m. a man, (esp.) a brave or eminent man, hero, chief (sometimes applied to gods, as to Indra, Viṣṇu &c.; pl. men, people, mankind, followers, retainers), RV. &c. &c.
a hero (as opp. to a god), RTL. 272 n.
Alternative readings
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