As a Hindi name
प्रह्लाद · noun · masculine
एक नाग का नाम — Śabdasāgara
प्रह्लाद · noun · masculine
आमोद । आनंद · एक दैत्य जो राजा हिरण्यकशिपु का पुत्र था · एक देश का नाम — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रह्लाद" is प्र- + ह्लाद: ह्लाद means "आनंद । खुशी । प्रफुल्लता", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
joyful excitement, delight, joy, happiness
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Dictionary citations
pra-hlāda m. joyful excitement, delight, joy, happiness, MBh.; R.; Suśr.
sound, noise, L.
a species of rice, Gal.
N. of a pious Daitya (son of Hiraṇya-kaśipu; he was made king of the D˚ by Viṣṇu, and was regent of one of the divisions of Pātāla; cf. pra-hrāda), MBh.; VP. (RTL. 109)
of a Nāga, MBh.
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