# इडा (iḍā)

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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).

- **SLP1:** `iqA`  **IAST:** iḍā  **Devanagari:** इडा
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ida/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Mythological Figure (10 definitions)
- the goddess Ida or Ila  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the goddess इडा (iḍā) or इ L आ (iLā) (daughter of Manu or of man thinking on and worshipping the gods; she is the wife of Budha and mother of Purū-ravas; in another aspect she is called Maitrāvaruṇi as daughter of Mitra-Varuṇa, two gods who were objects of the highest and most spiritual devotion) [ ID=28694.25 ]
- name of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa [ ID=28694.35 ]
- 1. A wife of Vasudeva. 2. A wife of the Rudra Rta-dhvaja.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a wife of Vasudeva and of the Rudra Ṛta-dhvaja [ ID=28694.40 ]
- Name of a goddess, daughter of Manu  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 9 N. of a goddess, daughter of Manu. (She is the wife of Budha and mother of Purūravas; ( pb ) she is also called मैत्रावरुण (varuṇa) ी (maitrāvaruṇī) as the daughter of मित्र (mitra) and वरुण (varuṇa) ). [ ID=7322 ]
- 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*
  > इड (ḍa) ा (iḍā) [Printed book page 130 ] इड (ḍa) ा (iḍā) f. ( - ड (ḍa) ा (-ḍā) ) 1 The wife of BUDDHA, daughter of IKṢVĀKU. 2 The earth. 3 A cow. 4 Speed. 5 A tubular vessel, one of the principal channels of the vital spirit, that which is on the right side of the body. 6 Heaven. 7 The goddess of speech. E. इल (la) (ila) to direct or send, क (ka) affix, and टाप् (ṭāp) fem. ल (la) and ड (ḍa) are interchangeable: see इल (la) (ila) ा (ilā). [ ID=6220 ]
- 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*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 105-b ] इडा (iḍā) ( डा ) ((ḍā)) 1. f. The wife of Buddha, daughter of Ikshwāku; earth; cow; speed; tubular vessel; heaven; Saraswatī. [ ID=5604 ]
- 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*
  > इड (ḍa) ा (iḍā) [Printed book page 107-a ] इड (ḍa) ा (iḍā) f. ( - ड (ḍa) ा (-ḍā) ) 1. The wife of BUDDHA, daughter of IKSHAKU. 2. The earth. 3. A cow. 4. Speed. 5. A tubular vessel, one of the principal channels of the vital spirit, that which is on the right side of the body. 6. Heaven. 7. The goddess of speech. E. इल (la) ् (il) to direct or send, क (ka) affix, and टाप् (ṭāp) fem. ल (la) and ड (ḍa) are interchangeable: see इल (la) ा (ilā). [ ID=6218 ]
- 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*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 073 ] इडा (iḍā) f. = इड् (iḍ) + speech, earth, cow; N. of a goddess (personif. of worship and sacrifice), a daughter of Manu or Dakṣa, E. of Durgā. [ ID=4897 ]
- see Ila  
  *The Purana Index*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 1-184 ] Iḍā (I) — see Ilā. Br. III. 60. 11; Vā. 85. 7. [ ID=1499 ]
- a shakti of Maruta  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Iḍā (II) — a śakti of Māruta. Br. IV. 33. 70. [ ID=1500 ]

### Offering / Libation / Sacred Food / Refreshment (10 definitions)
- refreshment, comfort, and vital spirit  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 164,2] इडा (iḍā), f. or (in Ṛg-veda) इ L आ (iLā), (not to be confounded with the inst. case of इड् (iḍ) above), refreshing draught, refreshment, animation, recreation, comfort, vital spirit, RV.; AV.; AitBr. [ ID=28694 ]
- an offering or libation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > offering, libation (especially a holy libation, offered between the Pra-yāga and Anu-yāga, and consisting of four preparations of milk, poured into a vessel containing water, and then partially drunk by the priest and sacrificers; personified in the cow, the symbol of feeding, and nourishment), Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) i, 8, 1, 1, &c. AitBr.; KātyŚr.; Kauś. [ ID=28694.05 ]
- An offering or libation.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 3 An offering, libation. (coming between प्रयाग (prayāga) and अनुयाग (anuyāga) ). [ ID=7322 ]
- Refreshing draught  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 4 Refreshing draught. [ ID=7322 ]
- Food  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 5 (Hence) Food. [ ID=7322 ]
- libation and offering of milk  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 7 Libation and offering of milk. [ ID=7322 ]
- 1. Libation or prayer. 2. Goddess of devotion. 3. Earth.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 045-2 ] इडा (iḍā) íḍā, इ L आ (iLā) íḷā, इला (ilā) ilā, f. libation; prayer; goddess of devotion; earth; -vat, a. refreshing, quickening. [ ID=4087 ]
- 1. Refreshment. 2. Oblations to the deities. 3. Speech. 4. Earth. 5. The wife of Budha.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0099-a ] इडा (iḍā) iḍā (akin to īḍ ), f. 1. Refresh- ment, ved. Chr. 288, 16 = Rigv. i. 48, 16 (written iḷa ). 2. Oblations to the deities, MBh. 2, 1304. 3. Speech, Hariv. 14036. 4. Earth, MBh. 3, 14750. 5. The wife of Budha, MBh. 1, 3141. [ ID=1851 ]
- 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)*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0138-b ] Iḍā, f. or (in Ṛg-veda) iḷā, (not to be confounded with the inst. case of iḍ above), refreshing draught, refreshment, animation, recreation, comfort, vital spirit; food; offering, libation, especially a holy liba- tion, coming between the Prayāga and Anuyāga, and consisting of four preparations of milk, poured into a vessel containing water, and then partially drank by the priest and sacrificers; (metaphorically cf. iḍ ) stream or flow of praise and worship, personified as the goddess of sacred speech and action, invoked toge- ther with Aditi and other deities, but especially in the Āprī hymns together with Sarasvatī and Mahī or Bhāratī; (Sāy.) the earth, food; ( iḍā, as the libation and offering of milk is personified in the cow, the symbol of feeding and giving, whence the word iḍā is given as a synonym of ‘cow.’ The goddess Iḍā or Page0138-c+ 76 Ilā is the daughter of Manu or of man thinking on and worshipping the gods; she is the wife of Budha and mother of Purū-ravas; in another aspect she is called Maitrāvaruṇi as daughter of Mitra-Varuṇa, two gods who were objects of the highest and most spiritual devotion. Ilā is also a N. of Durgā, of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa, of a wife of Vasudeva and of the Rudra, Rita-dhvaja); heaven; a tubular vessel, one of the principal channels of the vital spirit, that which is on the right side of the body. Iḷāyās-pade, at the place of Iḍā, i. e. of worship and libation, earth. —Iḍā-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. refreshing, granting fresh vital spirits; possessed of refreshment, refreshed; (Sāy.) possessed of sacri- ficial food. [ ID=9868 ]
- libation or earth  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 326-2 ] Iḍā (“libation,” or “earth”?): III, 10122. [ ID=4593 ]

### Anatomical Channel (Nāḍī) (4 definitions)
- a particular artery on the left side of the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a particular artery on the left side of the body [ ID=28694.60 ]
- 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 (one of the principal channels of the vital spirit, that which is on the right side of the body), L. [ ID=28694.65 ]
- A tubular vessel in the right side of the body  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 12 A tubular vessel ( नाडीभेद (nāḍībheda) ), (being in the right side of the body). [ ID=7322 ]
- A particular artery on the left side of the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 1182-c ] Iḍā; add — N. of a particular artery on the left side of the body. [ ID=54821 ]

### 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)*
  > (metaphorically, cf. इद् (id) ), stream or flow of praise and worship (personified as the goddess of sacred speech and action, invoked together with Aditi and other deities, but especially in the Āprī hymns together with Sarasvatī and Mahī or Bhāratī), RV.; AV.; VS. &c. [ ID=28694.10 ]
- speech  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > speech, BhP. [ ID=28694.45 ]
- Speech  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 2 Speech. [ ID=7322 ]
- the flow of praise or worship personified as the goddess of sacred speech  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 6 (Fig.) Steam or flow of praise or worship personified as the goddess of sacred speech. [ ID=7322 ]

### The Earth (4 definitions)
- the earth, food  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 164,3] the earth, food, Sāy. [ ID=28694.15 ]
- earth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > earth, MBh. [ ID=28694.55 ]
- The earth  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 1 The earth; प्रबुध्यते नूनमिडातलस्थः (prabudhyate nūnamiḍātalasthaḥ) Mb. [ ID=7322 ]
- 1. The earth. 2. Speech. 3. A cow. 4. The wife of Budha.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 116-17 ] इडा (iḍā)( ला ) (iḍā(lā)) f. 1. The earth; 2. speech; 3. a cow; 4. name of the wife of Budha. [ ID=5742 ]

### A Cow (2 definitions)
- a cow  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a cow [ ID=28694.20 ]
- A cow.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 8 A cow. [ ID=7322 ]

### An Epithet of Durgā (2 definitions)
- an epithet of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Durgā [ ID=28694.30 ]
- an epithet of Durga  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 10 N. of Durgā. [ ID=7322 ]

### Heaven (2 definitions)
- heaven  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > heaven, L. [ ID=28694.50 ]
- Heaven  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इडा (iḍā) [Printed book page 0274-c ] 11 Heaven. [ ID=7322 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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