bhadrā́ (ā), f. a cow, [L.]
N. of various plants (= anantā, aparijātā, kṛṣṇā, jīvantī, nīlī, rāsnā &c.), [L.]
N. of a metre, [Col.]
of the 2nd, 7th and 12th days of the lunar fortnight, [W.]
of the 7th movable Karaṇa (s.v.; cf. also 2. bhadrā-karaṇa)
of a form of Durgā, [VP.]
of a goddess, [Pañcar.]
of a Buddhist deity, [L.]
of a Śakti, [Hcat.]
of Dākṣāyaṇī in Bhadreśvara, [Cat.]
of a Vidyā-dharī, [R.]
of a Surāṅganā, [Siṃhās.]
of a daughter of Surabhi, [R.]
of a wife of Vasu-devi, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of the wife of Vaiśravaṇa, [MBh.]
of a daughter of Soma and wife of Utathya, [ib.]
of a daughter of Raudrāśva and the Apsaras Ghṛtācī, [Hariv.]
of a Kākṣīvatī and wife of Vyuṣitāśva, [MBh.]
of a daughter of Meru and wife of Bhadrāśva, [BhP.]
of a daughter of Śruta-kīrti and wife of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]
of various rivers (esp. of one described as rising on the northern summit of Meru and flowing through Uttarakuru into the northern ocean), [Pur.]
the celestial Ganges, [L.]
of a lake, [Hcat.]
f. of bhadra, in comp.
ind. (g. sākṣād-ādi), in comp.