As a deity name
Name 17 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
गजानन · noun · masculine
गणेश का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
गजानन · gajānan · s.m.
See s.v. gaj — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 898
गजानन · masculine
Gajanana an epithet of Ganesha; a male given name, Gajanana or Gajanan, from Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi गजानन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit गजानन (gajānana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gajānana m. = ˚ja-mukha, GaṇP.; Siṃhās.
gajānana m. (-naḥ) The deity GAṆEŚA. E. gaja an elephant, and ānana a face; see gajavadana.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
The deity GAṆEŚA. E. gaja an elephant, and ānana a face; see gajavadana.
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Dictionary citations
gajānana m. = ˚ja-mukha, GaṇP.; Siṃhās.
gajānana m. (-naḥ) The deity GAṆEŚA. E. gaja an elephant, and ānana a face; see gajavadana.
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