As a deity name
Name 573 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 558 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
भगवान् · noun · masculine
ईश्वर । परमेश्वर · विष्णु · शिव — Śabdasāgara
भगवान · masculine
God, the Almighty
भगवान · masculine
a god; male deity, lord
Platts (p. 190) also records: Fortunate, prosperous, happy, glorious, illustrious, adorable, divine, worshipful
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भगवान् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भगवान् (bhagavān).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
2.bhagavat (for 1. See under bhaga) possessing fortune, fortunate, prosperous, happy
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member vAn unglossed)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhagavān" is the nominative of "bhagavat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "bhagavat" is derived from "bhaga" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
bhaga See p. 743, col. 2.
bhaga m. (ifc. f(ā and ī). g. bahv-ādi) ‘dispenser’, gracious lord, patron (applied to gods, esp. to Savitṛ), RV.; AV.
bhagavat &c. See p. 743, col. 3.
1. bhaga—vat ind. like a vulva, Viṣṇ., Sch.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
bhagavat &c. See p. 743, col. 3.
1. bhaga—vat ind. like a vulva, Viṣṇ., Sch.
bhaga See p. 743, col. 2.
bhaga m. (ifc. f(ā and ī). g. bahv-ādi) ‘dispenser’, gracious lord, patron (applied to gods, esp. to Savitṛ), RV.; AV.
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