అహల్య

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit अहल्या (ahalyā, “Ahalya”).

Proper noun

అహల్య • (ahalya) f

1. (literary) unploughed field.
2. (Hinduism) Ahalya : Name of the wife of sage Gautama. In the epic Ramayana, she was seduced by Indra, cursed by her husband and liberated by the lord Rāma.
3. a female given name

Derived terms

• అహల్యము (ahalyamu)
• అహల్యాజారుడు (ahalyājāruḍu)
• అహల్యానందనుడు (ahalyānandanuḍu, “son of Ahalya”)

References

అహల్య at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)