As a deity name
Name 801 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
पांडव · masculine
a Pandava
पाण्डव · masculine
Platts (p. 220) also records: Belonging to the sons of Pānḍu; connected with the five Pānḍavas
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पाण्डव — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit पाण्डव (pāṇḍava).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pāṇḍava m. a son or descendant of Pāṇḍu or a partisan of the Pāṇḍavas
(pl.) the 5 reputed sons of Pāṇḍu (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula and Saha-deva; cf. Kuntī and Mādrī) or their adherents, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a son or descendant of Pāṇḍu or a partisan of the Pāṇḍavas
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pāṇḍava m. a son or descendant of Pāṇḍu or a partisan of the Pāṇḍavas
(pl.) the 5 reputed sons of Pāṇḍu (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula and Saha-deva; cf. Kuntī and Mādrī) or their adherents, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
N. of a mountain, Lalit.
of a country, Cat.
pāṇḍava mf(ī)n. belonging to or connected with the Pāṇḍavas, MBh.
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