अनिरुद्ध aniruddha
girl / boy / neuter 4 syllables SLP1 anirudDa

As a deity name

Name 496 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

Name 391 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees

Name 185 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed

Name 638 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed

As a Hindi name

अनिरुद्ध · adj

जो रोका हुआ न हो । अबाध । बेराक — Śabdasāgara

अनिरुद्ध · noun · masculine

श्रीकृष्ण के पौत्र, प्रद्युम्न के पुत्र जिनको ऊषा ब्याही थी — Śabdasāgara

अनिरुद्ध · aniruddha · part.

Unobstructed, unrestrained — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 92

अनिरुद्ध · masculine

Aniruddha, the grandson of Lord Krishna and son of Pradyumna; a male given name, Aniruddha or Aniruddh, from Sanskrit

अनिरुद्ध

unobstructed, unstoppable, unrestrained, free

a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अनिरुद्ध — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Sanskrit अनिरुद्ध (aniruddha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

The Sanskrit parent — अनिरुद्ध (tatsama)

a-niruddha mfn. unobstructed, ungovernable, self-willed

a-niruddha m. a spy, a secret emissary (?)

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

a spy, a secret emissary (?)

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)

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Gender counterpart

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · अनिरुद्ध

a-niruddha mfn. unobstructed, ungovernable, self-willed

Monier-Williams (1899) · अनिरुद्ध

a-niruddha m. a spy, a secret emissary (?)

Monier-Williams (1899) · अनिरुद्ध

the son of Pradyumna (a form of Kāma, and husband of Uṣā)

Monier-Williams (1899) · अनिरुद्ध

Śiva

Monier-Williams (1899) · अनिरुद्ध

N. of an Arhat (contemporary of Śākyamuni)

Alternative readings

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