As a deity name
Name 500 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 589 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 642 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 289 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
अनल · noun · masculine
अग्नि । आग · अग्नि के अधिष्ठाता । देव (को॰) · पाचनशक्ति (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
अनल · anal · s.f.
(but m. in S.), Fire; flame — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 98
अनल · masculine
Agni (the Hindu fire god); a variety of Pitṛdevas; Kṛttikā; one of the eight Vasus
अनल · masculine
fire; wind; digestive power, gastric juice; bile
Cited formation "अनल" is अन- + ल: ल means "the twenty-eighth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix अन- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अनल" is अ- + नल: नल means "faucet, tap, spigot", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अनल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनल (anala).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. anala m. (√ an), fire
the god of fire, digestive power, gastric juice
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
fire
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Dictionary citations
1. anala m. (√ an), fire
the god of fire, digestive power, gastric juice
bile, L.
wind, L.
N. of Vasudeva
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