As a deity name
Name 393 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 136 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 314 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 792 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
भानु · noun · masculine
सूर्य · विष्णु · किरण — Śabdasāgara
भानु · noun · feminine
दक्ष की एक कन्या का नाम । पुराणा- नुसार यह धर्म वा मनु से ब्याही थी और इससे भानु वा आदित्य का जन्म हुआ था · कृष्ण की एक कन्या का नाम · सुंदर स्त्री — Śabdasāgara
भानु · bhānu · s.m.
Appearance, brightness, light; ray of light; the sun; a planet — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 180
भानु · bhānu · s.m.
= بهان bhānu, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 180
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
appearance, brightness, light or a ray of light, lustre, splendour, &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
bhānu m. appearance, brightness, light or a ray of light, lustre, splendour, RV. &c. &c.
the sun, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a king, prince, master, lord, L.
N. of the chapters of the dictionary of an anonymous author, Cat.
N. of Śiva, L.
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