As a deity name
Name 718 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
मेरु · noun · masculine
एक पुराणोक्त पर्वत जो सोने का कहा गया है । विशेष दे॰ 'सुमेरु' · जपमाला के बीज का बड़ा दाना जो और सब दानों के ऊपर होता है । इसी से जप का आरंभ और इसी पर उसकी समाप्ति होती है । सुमेरु । (जप करते समय 'मेरु' का उल्लंघन नहीं करना चाहिए ।) · एक विशेष ढाँचे का देवमंदिर — Śabdasāgara
मेरु · meru · s.m.
"Name of a fabulous mountain, regarded as the Olympus of Hindū mythology (it is said to form the central point of Jambudvīp, all the planets revolving round it; and is compared to the cup or seed-vessel of a lotus, the leaves of which are formed by the different dvīps; its height is said to be 84,000 yojanas (or nearly 672,000 English miles), 16,000 of which are below the surface of the earth; its shape is variously described as square, conical, spherical, or spiral, and its four faces are variously coloured, being white towards the east, yellow to the south, black to the west, and red to the north — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1105
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a partic. kind of temple
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Dictionary citations
meru m. (Uṇ. iv, 101) N. of a fabulous mountain (regarded as the Olympus of Hindū mythology and said to form the central point of Jambu-dvīpa; all the planets revolve round it and it is compared to the cup or seed-vessel of a lotus, the leaves of which are formed by the different Dvīpas q.v.; the river Ganges falls from heaven on its summit, and flows thence to the surrounding worlds in four streams; the regents of the four quarters of the compass occupy the corresponding faces of the mountain, the whole of which consists of gold and gems; its summit is the residence of Brahmā, and a place of meeting for the gods, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas &c., when not regarded as a fabulous mountain, it appears to mean the highland of Tartary north of the Himālaya), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a partic. kind of temple, VarBṛS.
the central or most prominent bead in a rosary, L.
the most prominent finger-joint in partic. positions of the fingers, L.
N. of the palace of Gāndhāri (one of the wives of Kṛṣṇa), Hariv.
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