As a deity name
Name 395 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 916 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 368 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 64 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
ईशान · noun · masculine
स्वामी । अधिति । प्रभु · शिव । महादेव । रुद्र · ग्यारह की संख्या — Śabdasāgara
ईशान · adj
शास्ता । शासक · ऐश्वर्यशाली · संपन्न — Śabdasāgara
ईशान · īśān · s.m.
A name of Śiva — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 113
ईशान · masculine
Ishan, an avatar of Lord Shiva; a male given name, Ishan, from Sanskrit
ईशान · masculine
northeast; lord, master, ruler
Cited formation "ईशान" is ईश + -आन: ईश means "synonym of ईश्वर (īśvar, “lord, husband, God, deity”)", and the suffix -आन forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(9) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "ईशान" is ईशा + -न: ईशा means "night", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ईशान — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit ईशान (īśāna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
īśāna (and īśāna) mfn. owning, possessing, wealthy
reigning, RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a ruler, master, one of the older names of Śiva-Rudra, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "īśāna" is the vocative of "īśānā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
īśāna (and īśāna) mfn. owning, possessing, wealthy
reigning, RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr. &c.
īśāna (as), m. a ruler, master, one of the older names of Śiva-Rudra, AV.; VS.; ŚBr.; MBh.; Kum. &c.
one of the Rudras
the sun as a form of Śiva
īśānā (ā), f. N. of Durgā
Alternative readings
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