As a deity name
Name 31 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 701 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 169 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
मेघनाद · noun · masculine
मेघ का गर्जन । बिजली का कड़क · वरुण · रावण का पुत्र इंद्रजित् जो लक्ष्मण के हाथ से मारा गया था — Śabdasāgara
मेघनाद · noun · masculine
एक रसौषध जो ज्वर में दी जाती है — Śabdasāgara
मेघनाद · masculine
Meghnada, the eldest son of Ravana and the crown prince of Lanka, also known by his epithet Indrajit; a male given name, Meghnada, Meghnad, or Meghanada, from Sanskrit
मेघनाद · masculine
thunder
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मेघनाद — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघनाद (meghanāda).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
megha—nāda m. ‘cl˚-noise’, thunder, MBh.; R.
megha—nāda mfn. sounding or rumbling like th˚, R.; Inscr.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Amaranthus Polygonoides
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "meghanāda" is the vocative of "meghanādā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
megha—nāda m. ‘cl˚-noise’, thunder, MBh.; R.
megha—nāda mfn. sounding or rumbling like th˚, R.; Inscr.
megha—nāda m. N. of Varuṇa, L.
Amaranthus Polygonoides, L.
Butea Frondosa, L.
megha—nādā f. N. of a Yoginī, Hcat.
Alternative readings
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