As a deity name
Name 805 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 672 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 835 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अणु · noun · feminine
द्वयणु क से सूक्ष्म, परमाणु से बड़ा कण जिसका बिना किसी विशेष यंत्र के खंड़ नहीं किया जा सकता · ६० परमाणु ओं का संधात या बना हुआ कण । ३, छोटा टुकड़ा । कण · परमाणु — Śabdasāgara
अणु · adj
अतिसूक्ष्म । क्षुद्र · अत्यंत छोटा · जो दिखाई न दे या कठिनाई से दिखाई पड़े — Śabdasāgara
अणु · masculine
molecule; particle
Platts (p. 83) also records: Atomic, minute, fine, small, subtile
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अणु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अणु (aṇu). Cognate with Marathi अणू (aṇū).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
aṇu mf(vī)n. fine, minute, atomic
aṇu (us), m. an atom of matter
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘an atom of time’, the 54,675,000th part of a muhūrta (of 48 minutes)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
aṇu mf(vī)n. fine, minute, atomic
aṇu (us), m. an atom of matter
‘an atom of time’, the 54,675,000th part of a muhūrta (of 48 minutes)
Panicum Miliaceum, VS.; ŚBr. xiv; MuṇḍUp.
N. of Śiva
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