As a deity name
Name 20 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
आमोद · noun · masculine
[वि॰ आमोदित, आमोदी] · आनंद ।हर्ष । खुशी । प्रसन्नता · दिलबहलाव । तफरीह — Śabdasāgara
आमोद · āmod · s.m.
Diffusive perfume, odour, fragrance — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 83
आमोद · masculine
pleasure, amusement; diversion, pastime
Cited formation "आमोद" is आ- + मोद: मोद means "joy, delight, pleasure, gladness", and the prefix आ- forms until; contrary. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(8) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi आमोद — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit आमोद (āmoda)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ā-moda mf(ā)n. (√ mud), gladdening, cheering up, ŚBr.; KātyŚr.
ā-moda (as), m. joy, serenity, pleasure, R.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
joy, serenity, pleasure
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Dictionary citations
ā-moda mf(ā)n. (√ mud), gladdening, cheering up, ŚBr.; KātyŚr.
ā-moda (as), m. joy, serenity, pleasure, R.
fragrancy, a diffusive perfume
strong smell, smell, Ragh.; Megh.; Śiś.; Kathās. &c.
Asparagus Racemosus, L.
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