As a deity name
Name 203 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 209 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 65 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 321 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
प्राणद · adj
प्राणदाता । जो प्राण दे · प्राणों की रक्षा करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
प्राणद · noun · masculine
जल । पानी · रक्त । खून · जीवक नामक वृक्ष — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
water
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "prāṇada" is the vocative of "prāṇadā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
prāṇa—da mf(ā)n. life-giving, saving or preserving life, AV. &c. &c.
prāṇa—da m. Terminalia Tomentosa or Coccinia Grandis, L.
N. of Brahmā, L.
of Viṣṇu, A.
prāṇa—da n. water, L.
prāṇa—dā (ā), f. Terminalia Chebula, L.
a species of bulbous plant, L.
Alternative readings
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