As a Hindi name
षडानन · adj
जिसे छह मुँह हों — Śabdasāgara
षडानन · noun · masculine
कार्तिकेय · संगीत में स्वरसाधन की एक प्राणाली जो इस प्रकार होती है—आरोही सा रे ग म प ध रे ग म प ध नि, ग म प ध नि सा । अवरोही—सा नि ध प म ग नि ध प म ग रे, ध म प ग रे सा — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
six mouths or six faces
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
ṣaḍ—ānana (ibc.) six mouths or six faces, Ragh.
ṣaḍ—ānana mfn. six-mouthed, six-faced
ṣaḍ—ānana m. N. of Skanda, MBh.; R.; Kathās.; MārkP.
ṣaḍānana m. (-naḥ) KĀRTTIKEYA. E. ṣaṣ six, and ānana a face; having six faces, four directed to the four cardinal points, and two to the zenith and nadir, according to some accounts, though not generally so represented.
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