As a deity name
Name 25 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 164 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 216 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 57 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
शम्भु · śam-bhu · s.m.
Name of Brahmā; of Śiva; a sage, a venerable man; a Jin or Jain sanctified teacher — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 733
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of Asclepias
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śambhu" is the vocative of "śambhū" — 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
śam—bhu See śambhu, p. 1055.
śambhu mfn. being or existing for happiness or welfare, granting or causing happiness, beneficent, benevolent, helpful, kind, RV.; AV.; Br.; ŚrS.
śambhu m. N. of Śiva, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
of Brahmā, MBh.; Hariv.
of a partic. Agni, MBh.
śambhū mfn. (= śambhu above) beneficent, kind, RV.
śambhū m. N. of an author of Tāntric prayers, Cat.
Alternative readings
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