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
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 (?)
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Dictionary citations
a-niruddha mfn. unobstructed, ungovernable, self-willed
a-niruddha m. a spy, a secret emissary (?)
the son of Pradyumna (a form of Kāma, and husband of Uṣā)
Śiva
N. of an Arhat (contemporary of Śākyamuni)
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