As a deity name
Name 944 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 56 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
आदि
भी · शंकराचार्य द्धारा प्रतिपादित वेदांत दर्शन । इस मत में 'ब्रह्म्' के अतिरिक्त सभी पदार्थ असत्य है अर्थात् 'ब्रह्म्' सत्य जगन्मिथ्या' के अनुसार 'एकमेवाद्धितीयं ब्रह्म्' अर्थआत् 'ब्रह्मम' ही एक और केवल अद्धैत तत्व सत्य माना गया है और 'ब्रह्मम' सत्-चित्-आनंदस्वरुप । मायावाद, अध्यासवाद, विवर्तवाद, उत्तारमीमांसा, शंकरवेदांत आदि पदों से प्राय: इसी दर्शन का बोध होता है — Śabdasāgara
आदि · adj
प्रथम । पहला । शुरू का । आरंभ का । जैसे,— वाल्मीकि आदिकवि माने जाते हैं — Śabdasāgara
आदि · ādi · s.m.
(f. ?) & adj. Beginning, commencement, starting-point; original — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 31
आदि · masculine
the name of a tala, having 8 matras split into 3 vibhags of 4, 2, and 2 matras, respectively
आदि · masculine
beginning, source, origin
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi आदि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit आदि (ādi).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. ādi m. beginning, commencement
a firstling, first-fruits
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
ifc. beginning with, et caeteraet cætera, and so on (e.g. indrādayaḥ surāḥ, the gods beginning with Indra i.e. Indra &c.; gṛhādiyukta, possessed of houses &c.; evamādīni vastūni, s…
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1. ādi m. beginning, commencement
a firstling, first-fruits
ifc. beginning with, et caeteraet cætera, and so on (e.g. indrādayaḥ surāḥ, the gods beginning with Indra i.e. Indra &c.; gṛhādiyukta, possessed of houses &c.; evamādīni vastūni, such things and others of the same kind: śayyā khaṭvādiḥ [Comm. on Pāṇ. iii, 3, 99], Śayyā means a bed &c.; often with -ka at the end, e.g. dānadharmādikam [Hit.], liberality, justice, &c.)
the third part in the 7-partite Sāman, ChUp.
2. ādi mfn. beginning with ā, RāmatUp.
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