As a deity name
Name 519 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 246 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 144 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 565 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
सहिष्णु · adj
जो कष्ट या पीड़ा आदि सहन कर सके । सहनशील । बरदाश्त करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
सहिष्णु · noun · masculine
विष्णु । उपेंद्र · हरिवंश में उल्लिखित एक ऋषि · पुलह के एक पुत्र का नाम — Śabdasāgara
सहिष्णु · sahishṇu · adj.
Able to bear or support, capable of enduring; of a disposition to bear; enduring, patient, resigned — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 706
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
patient, forbearing
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Dictionary citations
sahiṣṇu mfn. patient, forbearing
bearing, enduring, putting up with (acc. gen., or comp.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
sahiṣṇu m. N. of a Ṛṣi, Hariv.
of one of the 7 Ṛṣis under the 6th Manu, ib.; MārkP.
of a son of Pulaha, Pur.
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