As a deity name
Name 74 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
विरूपा · vi-rūpā · s.f.
A deformed or hideous woman, a female monstrosity — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1189
Cited formation "विरूपा" is वि- + रूपा: रूपा means "silver", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "विरूपा" is विरूप + -आ: विरूप means "misshapen, ugly, deformed", 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 "विरूपा" is विरूप + -आ: विरूप means "misshapen, ugly, deformed", 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
Alhagi Maurorum
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "virūpā" is the feminine form of "virūpa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "virūpa" is derived from "vi" with the rūpap suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. vi m. (nom. vis or ves acc. vim gen. abl. ves; pl. nom. acc. vayas [acc. vīn, Bhaṭṭ.]; vibhis, vibhyas, vīnām) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the Maruts), RV.; VS.; PañcavBr., (also occurring in later language).
vi [cf. 1. vayas; Gk. οἰωνός for ὀϝιωνος; Lat. a-vis; accord. to some Germ. Ei; Angl.Sax. ǽg; Eng. egg.]
vi—rūpa See s.v.
vi-rūpa mf(ā)n. many-coloured, variegated, multiform, manifold, various, RV.; TS.; Br.; Kauś.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vi-rūpā (ā), f. Alhagi Maurorum, L.
Aconitum Ferox, L.
N. of the wife of Yama, W.
(with Buddhists) N. of a Tantra deity, Kālac.
vi—rūpa See s.v.
vi-rūpa mf(ā)n. many-coloured, variegated, multiform, manifold, various, RV.; TS.; Br.; Kauś.
1. vi m. (nom. vis or ves acc. vim gen. abl. ves; pl. nom. acc. vayas [acc. vīn, Bhaṭṭ.]; vibhis, vibhyas, vīnām) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the Maruts), RV.; VS.; PañcavBr., (also occurring in later language).
vi [cf. 1. vayas; Gk. οἰωνός for ὀϝιωνος; Lat. a-vis; accord. to some Germ. Ei; Angl.Sax. ǽg; Eng. egg.]
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