As a deity name
Name 525 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
प्रमोदन · noun · masculine
विष्णु का नाम — Śabdasāgara
प्रमोदन · adj
हर्षकारक — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रमोदन" is प्र- + मोदन: मोदन means "[वि॰ स्त्री॰ मोदनीय, मोदित]", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रमोदन" is प्रमोद + -न: प्रमोद means "joy, delight, happiness", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
making glad, exhilarating
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
pra-˚modana mfn. making glad, exhilarating, MBh.
pra-˚modana m. N. of a Ṛṣi, R.
pra-˚modana n. making glad, ib.
gladness, joyousness, ib. (cf. sa-p˚).
Alternative readings
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