As a deity name
Name 72 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 147 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
अरूप · noun · masculine
बदसूरत वस्तु · सांख्य में प्रधान औ वेदांत में ब्रह्म — Śabdasāgara
अरूप · arūp · adj.
Formless, shapeless; ugly, ill-formed — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 42
Cited formation "अरूप" is अ- + रूप: रूप means "outward appearance, form, figure, shape, appearance, semblance, image, representation, picture", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अरूप" is अ- + रूप: रूप means "outward appearance, form, figure, shape, appearance, semblance, image, representation, picture", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
formless, shapeless
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
a-rūpa mf(ā)n. formless, shapeless, PBr.; ŚvetUp.; NṛsUp.
ugly, ill-formed, R.
a-rūpa (also) emancipation (= nirvāṇa), MWB. 137
arūpa a. 1 Formless, shapeless. 2 Ugly, deformed. 3 Dissimilar, unlike. — paṃ 1 A bad or ugly figure. 2 The Pradhāna of the Sāṃkhyas (pb) and Brahma of the Vedāntins. Comp. — hārya a. not to be attracted or won over by beauty; arūpahāryaṃ madanasya nigrahāt Ku. 5. 53.
arūpa mfn. (-paḥ-pā-pī-paṃ) 1 Formless, shapeless. 2 Ugly, ill formed, misshapen. 3 Dissimilar, unlike. E. a neg. rūpa beauty.
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