Ahalya
Ahalya proper noun: name of the princess of Puru dynasty and wife of sage Gautama. She was seduced by Indra, cursed by her husband and liberated by Rāma in Ramayana.
Proper noun
Ahalya
Ahalya meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Ahalya in Hindi
- Wife of Gautama
- अहिल्या ahilyā, अहल्या ahalyā
Ahalya in Tamil
- Wife of Gautama
- அகலிகை akalikai
Ahalya in Marathi
- Wife of Gautama
- अहल्या ahalyā
Ahalya in Bengali
- Wife of Gautama
- অহল্যা oholla
More languagesFewer languages
- Ahalya in Telugu
- అహల్య ahalya
- Ahalya in Malayalam
- അഹല്യ ahalya
- Ahalya in Kannada
- ಅಹಲ್ಯೆ ahalye
- Ahalya in Punjabi
- ਅਹਿੱਲਿਆ ahilliā
- Ahalya in Sanskrit
- अहल्या ahalyā
- Ahalya in Nepali
- अहिल्या ahilyā
Origin of Ahalya
Transliteration of Sanskrit अहल्या (ahalyā, “Ahalya”).
Questions about Ahalya
- What does Ahalya mean?
- Ahalya means name of the princess of Puru dynasty and wife of sage Gautama. She was seduced by Indra, cursed by her husband and liberated by Rāma in Ramayana.
- What is Ahalya in Hindi?
- Ahalya in Hindi is अहिल्या (ahilyā), अहल्या (ahalyā). See Ahalya meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Ahalya?
- Ahalya is a proper noun.
Words near Ahalya in the dictionary
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