As a deity name
Name 889 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
पांडव · masculine
a Pandava
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पाण्डव — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit पाण्डव (pāṇḍava).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pāṇḍava m. a son or descendant of Pāṇḍu or a partisan of the Pāṇḍavas
(pl.) the 5 reputed sons of Pāṇḍu (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula and Saha-deva; cf. Kuntī and Mādrī) or their adherents, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a Pandava (a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पाण्डव; 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.
Caveats
Sources contain errors and engines have limits; every claim above carries its citation so you can verify it. This is guidance about names and their sources — not religious or astrological consultation. How we work · Our sources