अनन्त
Pali
Alternative forms
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
अनंत (anaṃta)
Noun
अनन्त • (ananta) m
- name of विष्णु.
- name of शेष (the snake-god).
- name of शेष's brother वासुकि.
- name of Krishna.
- name of his brother बलदेव.
- name of शिव.
- name of रुद्र.
- name of one of the विश्व-देवs.
- name of the 14th अर्हत्, etc.
- the plant सिन्दुवार, Vitex trifolia
- the 23rd lunar asterism, श्रवण.
- a silken cord (tied round the right arm at a particular festival)
- the letter आ.
- a periodic decimal fraction?
- the number one
- name of पार्वती and of various females, the plant शारिवा Hemidesmus indicus or Asclepias pseudosarsa or Asclepias asthmatica (possibly Tylophora asthmatica) (the root of which supplies a valuable medicine)
Antonyms
- अन्त (anta)
References
- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.
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