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इडाiḍā

इडा (iḍā) is a Sanskrit word meaning refreshment, comfort, and vital spirit, an offering or libation, the earth, food, a cow, the goddess Ida or Ila, an epithet of Durga. Its 38 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Mythological Figure, Offering / Libation / Sacred Food / Refreshment, Anatomical Channel (Nāḍī).

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Meanings by context

Mythological Figure

10 definitions
the goddess Ida or Ila

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapa

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A wife of Vasudeva. 2. A wife of the Rudra Rta-dhvaja.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a goddess, daughter of Manu

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The wife of Buddha and daughter of Ikshvaku. 2. The earth. 3. A cow. 4. Speed. 5. A tubular vessel and principal channel of vital spirit on the right side of the body. 6. Heaven. 7. The goddess of speech.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The wife of Buddha and daughter of Ikshwaku 2. Earth 3. Cow 4. Speed 5. Tubular vessel 6. Heaven 7. Saraswati

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The wife of Buddha and daughter of Ikshaku. 2. The earth. 3. A cow. 4. Speed. 5. A principal tubular vessel for vital spirit on the right side of the body. 6. Heaven. 7. The goddess of speech.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Speech, earth, or a cow. 2. A goddess representing worship and sacrifice. 3. A daughter of Manu or Daksha. 4. An epithet of Durga.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

see Ila

— The Purana Index

a shakti of Maruta

— The Purana Index

Offering / Libation / Sacred Food / Refreshment

10 definitions
refreshment, comfort, and vital spirit

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an offering or libation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An offering or libation.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Refreshing draught

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Food

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

libation and offering of milk

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Libation or prayer. 2. Goddess of devotion. 3. Earth.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Refreshment. 2. Oblations to the deities. 3. Speech. 4. Earth. 5. The wife of Budha.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Refreshment, comfort, or vital spirit. 2. Food or a sacrificial libation. 3. The goddess of sacred speech and action. 4. The earth. 5. A mythical daughter of Manu and wife of Budha. 6. A name of Durga. 7. Heaven. 8. A tubular vessel and principal channel of vital spirit on the right side of the body.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

libation or earth

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Anatomical Channel (Nāḍī)

4 definitions
a particular artery on the left side of the body

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a tubular vessel on the right side of the body as a principal channel of vital spirit

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A tubular vessel in the right side of the body

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A particular artery on the left side of the body

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Speech / Goddess of Speech

4 definitions
a stream of praise and worship, personified as a goddess of sacred speech and action

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

speech

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Speech

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the flow of praise or worship personified as the goddess of sacred speech

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Earth

4 definitions
the earth, food

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

earth

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The earth

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The earth. 2. Speech. 3. A cow. 4. The wife of Budha.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A Cow

2 definitions
a cow

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A cow.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An Epithet of Durgā

2 definitions
an epithet of Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Durga

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Heaven

2 definitions
heaven

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Heaven

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.