As a deity name
Name 747 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 141 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 75 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
सदाशिव
always happy or prosperous; a name of Shiva
Śabdasāgara also records: सदा कल्याणकारी । सदा कृपालु · सदा शुभ और मंगल
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सदाशिव — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सदाशिव (sadāśiva)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sadā—śiva mfn. alw˚ kind &c., TĀr.; NṛsUp.
alw˚ happy or prosperous, MW.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
alw˚ kind &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sadāśiva" is the vocative of "sadāśivā" — 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
sadā—śiva mfn. alw˚ kind &c., TĀr.; NṛsUp.
alw˚ happy or prosperous, MW.
sadā—śiva m. N. of Śiva (-tā f.), Rājat.; BhP.
sadā—śiva m. of various authors and other men (also -kavi-rāja-go-svāmin, -tīrtha, -tri-pāṭhin, -dīkṣita, -deva, -dvi-vedin, -brahmendra, -bhaṭṭa, -muni-sārasvata, -mūlopākhya, -śukla; ˚vānanda-nātha, ˚vānanda-sarasvatī, ˚vendra, ˚vendra-sarasvatī), Inscr.; Cat.
sadāśiva m. (-vaḥ) ŚIVA. E. sadā always, śiva auspicious.
sadā—śivā (ā), f. N. of Durgā, MBh.
Alternative readings
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