As a deity name
Name 325 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
पाकिस्तान · masculine
Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
a Hindi word of Urdu origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Urdu پاکِسْتان (pākistān). By surface analysis, पाक (pāk) + -इस्तान (-istān).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Pakistan (a country in South Asia) (a Hindi word of Urdu origin; it is not Sanskrit; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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