As a deity name
Name 896 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 13 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 733 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 126 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
जनार्दन · noun · masculine
विष्णु · शालग्राम की बटिया का का एक भेद · कृष्ण (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
जनार्दन · adj
लोगों को कष्ट पहुँचावेवाला । दुःखदायी — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘exciting or agitating men’, Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa
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Dictionary citations
janārdana m. (g. nandy-ādi) ‘exciting or agitating men’, Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, MBh. iii, 8102; v, 2564; Hariv. 15397; Bhartṛ.; BhP.; Gīt.
N. of several men, Hariv. &c.
of a locality, Tantr.
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