As a deity name
Name 150 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
नरवाहन · noun · masculine
वह सवारी जिसे मनुष्य खींच या ढोकर ले चले · कुबेर · किन्नर — Śabdasāgara
नरवाहन · adj
मनुष्यों द्वारा खींची या ढोई जानेवाली सवारी पर चलनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "नरवाहन" is नरवाह + -न: नरवाह means "वह सवारी जिसे मनुष्य खींच या ढोकर ले चले । जैसे, पालकी, तामजान इत्यादि", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘borne or drawn by men’, N. of Kubera, &c.
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Dictionary citations
nara—vāhana m. ‘borne or drawn by men’, N. of Kubera, MBh. &c.
of a prince (successor of Śāli-vāhana), Inscr.
of a prince of the Dārvābhisāras, Rājat.
of a minister of king Kṣema-gupta, ib.
naravāhana mfn. (-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Borne or carried by men. m. (-naḥ) A name of KUVERA. E. nara a man, and vāhana a vehicle.
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