As a deity name
Name 335 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
पुरन्दर · puran-dar · s.m.
'Fortress - destroyer,' an epithet of Indra; a thief, house-breaker — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 255
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 A name of INDRA. 2 A thief, a house-breaker. (-raṃ) A sort of pepper, (Piper chavya.) (-rā) A name of the Ganges. E. pura a city, dṝ to tear or rend, aff. khakṣ, deriv. irr.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "purandara" is the vocative of "puraṃdara" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "purandara" is the vocative of "puraṃdarā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
purandara m. (-raḥ) 1 A name of INDRA. 2 A thief, a house-breaker. n. (-raṃ) A sort of pepper, (Piper chavya.) f. (-rā) A name of the Ganges. E. pura a city, dṝ to tear or rend, aff. khakṣ, deriv. irr.
puraṃ—dara m. ‘destroyer of strongholds’, N. of Indra, RV. &c. &c. (also of the I˚ of the 7th Manv-antara, Pur.)
of Agni, RV.
puraṃ—darā (ā), f. N. of Gaṅgā or another river, L.
Alternative readings
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