As a deity name
Name 372 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अमिताशन · adj
जो सब कुछ खाय । सर्वभक्षी · जिसके खाने का ठिकाना न हो — Śabdasāgara
अमिताशन · noun · masculine
अग्नि । आग · परमेश्वर विष्णु (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अमिताशन" is अ- + मिताशन: मिताशन means "See s.v. mita or mit", 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 "अमिताशन" is अ- + मिताशन: मिताशन means "See s.v. mita or mit", 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
‘immoderate in eating’, N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "amitāśana" is the vocative of "amitāśanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
a-mi—˚tāśanā f. ‘immoderate in eating’, N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, MBh.
Alternative readings
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