As a deity name
Name 241 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 219 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 856 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 900 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
शाश्वत · adj
[वि॰ स्त्री॰ शाश्वती] · जो सदा स्थायी रहे । कभी नष्ट न होनेवाला । नित्य · संपूर्ण । समस्त । सब (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
शाश्वत · noun · masculine
देवव्यास · शिव · स्वर्ग — Śabdasāgara
शाश्वत · śāśvat · adj.
Eternal, constant, perpetual, immortal; all; future — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 717
शाश्वत · masculine
a male given name, Shashwat or Shashvat, from Sanskrit
शाश्वत
eternal, perpetual, permanent; immortal
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi शाश्वत — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit शाश्वत (śāśvata).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śāśvata mf(ī)n. (fr. śaśvat) eternal, constant, perpetual, all (śāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ, śāśvatīḥ samāḥ, or śāśvatam, for evermore, incessantly, eternally), VS. &c. &c.
about to happen, future, MW.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. śaśvat) eternal, constant, perpetual, all (śāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ, śāśvatīḥ samāḥ, or śāśvatam, for evermore, incessantly, eternally), &c. &c.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
śāśvata mf(ī)n. (fr. śaśvat) eternal, constant, perpetual, all (śāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ, śāśvatīḥ samāḥ, or śāśvatam, for evermore, incessantly, eternally), VS. &c. &c.
about to happen, future, MW.
śāśvata m. N. of Śiva, L.
of Vyāsa, L.
of a son of Śruta (and father of Su-dhanvan), VP.
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