As a deity name
Name 984 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अन्नाद · noun · masculine
वह जो सब को ग्रहण करे । ईश्वर · विष्णु के सहस्त्र नामों में से एक — Śabdasāgara
अन्नाद · adj
अन्न खानेवाला । अन्नाहारी — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अन्नाद" is अन्- + नाद: नाद means "sounding, resonance, a loud sound, noise, cry", and the prefix अन्- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
īā eating food
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
annāda mf(ī, ā)n. eating food
Superl. of the fem. annādi-tamā, ‘eating the most’, N. of the fore-finger, ŚBr.
an—˚nāda m. fire (at the end of a religious rite), L.
annāda mfn. (-daḥ-dā-daṃ) 1 Feeding, eating. 2 The partaker or eater of another's food. m. (-daḥ) VIṢṆU. E. anna, and ada who eats.
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