As a deity name
Name 895 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 920 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 65 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
वेला · noun · feminine
काल । समय । वक्त · समय का एक विभाग जो दिन और रात का चौबीसवाँ भाग होता है । कुछ लोग दिनमान के आठवें भाग को भी वेला मानते हैं · मर्यादा — Śabdasāgara
वेला · velā · s.f.
Time, while, period, moment, season (i.q. belā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1211
Cited formation "वेला" is वेल + -आ: वेल means "A creeper, &c. (i.q. bel, q.v.)", 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 "वेला" is वेलना + -आ: वेलना means "अ॰ [सं॰ वेल्ल, प्रा॰ वेल्ल] काँपना । तड़पना । हिलना", 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 "वेला" is वेल + -आ: वेल means "A creeper, &c. (i.q. bel, q.v.)", 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
limit, boundary, end
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "velā" is the feminine form of "vela" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
velā f. limit, boundary, end, ŚBr.; Kāvyād.
distance, ŚBr.; KātyŚr.
boundary of sea and land (personified as the daughter of Meru and Dhāriṇī, and the wife of Samudra), coast, shore (velāyām, on the sea-shore, coast-wise), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
limit of time, period, season, time of day, hour (with paścimā, the evening hour; kā velā, ‘what time of the day is it?’ kā velā prāptāyāḥ, ‘how long has she been here?’ -velam ifc. after a numeral = times), ŚBr. &c. &c.
opportunity, occasion, interval, leisure (velām pra-√ kṛ, to watch for an opportunity; velāyām, at the right moment or season; artha-velāyām, at the moment when the meaning is under consideration), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
vela n. a garden, grove, L. (cf. vipina fr. √ 1. vip)
a partic. high number, Buddh.
Alternative readings
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