Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“fearful”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 369 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 155 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“fearful”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
अघोर · adj
जो भीषण या भयंकर न हो (को॰) · सौम्य । प्रियदर्शन । सुहावना — Śabdasāgara
अघोर · adj
घोर । कठिन । कठोर · भयंकर । भयानक — Śabdasāgara
अघोर · aghor · s.m.
A title of the god Śiva — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 72
Cited formation "अघोर" is अ- + घोर: घोर means "(f. -ā), Awful, terrific, frightful, terrible, horrible, dreadful", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अघोर" is अ- + घोर: घोर means "(f. -ā), Awful, terrific, frightful, terrible, horrible, dreadful", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a euphemistic title of Śiva
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "aghora" is the vocative of "aghorā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
a-ghora mfn. not terrific
a-ghora m. a euphemistic title of Śiva
a worshipper of Śiva and Durgā
aghora a. Not terrific or fearful. — raḥ [nāsti ghoro yasmāt] 1 N. of Śiva or of one of his forms, ( īśānāghoranāmānau vāmadevastataḥ param . sadyojātaiti proktaḥ kramaśo'rcanakarmaṇi) 2 A worshipper of Śiva and Durgā. — rā [aghoraḥ śivaḥ upāsyatvena asyāṃ sā, aghoraac] the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādra sacred to Śiva (bhādramāsyasite pakṣe hyaghorākhyā caturdaśī . tasyāmārādhitaḥ sthāṇurnayecchivapuraṃ dhruvaṃ). Comp. — ghorarūpaḥ N. of Śiva. — pathaḥ, -mārgaḥ a follower of Śiva. — pramāṇaṃ a terrific oath or ordeal.
aghora mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Formidable, terrible. m. (-raḥ) 1 A name of ŚIVA. 2 A worshipper of ŚIVA and DEVĪ in their terrific forms. f. (-rā) The fourteenth day of the dark half of the month Bhadra, upon which ŚIVA is worshipped. E. a implying resemblance, and dhora formidable.
a-ghorā f. the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādra, which is sacred to Śiva.
Alternative readings
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