As a deity name
Name 486 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 614 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 588 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 641 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
अनिल · noun · masculine
हवा । पवन । वायु · पवन देवता · वायु के ४१ भेदों में से एक — Śabdasāgara
अनिल · noun · masculine
हनुमान · भीम · स्वाती नक्षत्र — Śabdasāgara
अनिल · anil · s.f.
(but m. in S.), Wind, air; breath — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 98
अनिल · masculine
god of the winds, a form of Vayu; a male given name meaning “god of the wind”
अनिल · masculine
air, wind
Cited formation "अनिल" is अ- + निल: निल means "एक राक्षस का नाम जो माली नामक राक्षस की वसुदा नाम की स्त्री से उत्पन्न हुआ था और जो विभीषण का मंत्री था", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अनिल" is अ- + निल: निल means "एक राक्षस का नाम जो माली नामक राक्षस की वसुदा नाम की स्त्री से उत्पन्न हुआ था और जो विभीषण का मंत्री था", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अनिल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनिल (anila, “air; wind; god of the wind”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
anila m. (√ an, cf. Irish anal), air or wind
the god of wind
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
rheumatism, paralysis, or any affection referred to disorder of the wind
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Dictionary citations
anila m. (√ an, cf. Irish anal), air or wind
the god of wind
one of the forty-nine Anilas or winds
one of the eight demi-gods, called Vasus
wind as one of the humors or rasas of the body
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