As a deity name
Name 988 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
सामगायन · noun · masculine
विष्णु · साम का गान — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "सामगायन" is सामगाय + -न: सामगाय means "वह जो सामगान का अच्छा ज्ञाता हो", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
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