As a deity name
Name 716 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 718 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 991 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘man-lion’, a great or illustrious man
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nṛsiṃhāya" is the dative of "nṛsiṃha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
nṛ—siṃha m. ‘man-lion’, a great or illustrious man, MBh.; R.
(also -ka) Viṣṇu in his 4th Avatāra (cf. nara-s˚), ib. &c.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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