As a deity name
Name 437 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अभू · adv
अब भी — Śabdasāgara
अभू · noun · masculine
विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
अभू · abhū
= ابهي abhī, q.v. s.v. اب ab — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 6
Cited formation "अभू" is अभ + -ऊ: अभ means "आम्र", and the suffix -ऊ forms 'belonging to', 'tending to' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(8) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अभू" is अ- + भू: भू means "the Earth", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अभू" is अ- + भू: भू means "the Earth", 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
‘unborn’, N. of Viṣṇu
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Dictionary citations
a-bhū m. ‘unborn’, N. of Viṣṇu, L.
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