As a deity name
Name 972 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 669 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 617 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘delighting h˚'s’, N. of Brahmā
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śatānanda" is the vocative of "śatānandā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śatānanda m. ‘delighting h˚'s’, N. of Brahmā, L.
of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, L.
of a sage and other men, MBh.; Hariv.; R. &c.
the car of Viṣṇu, L.
śatānanda m. (-ndaḥ) 1 BRAHMĀ. 2 VIṢṆU or KṚṢṆA. 3 The car of VIṢṆU. 4 The Muni GAUTAMA, the founder of the logical school of philosophy. 5 The eldest son of GAUTAMA, (according to the Rāmāyaṇa,) and Purohita or religious adviser of JANAKA of Mithila. E. śata a hundred or many, and ānanda who delights.
śatānandā (ā), f. N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, MBh.
Alternative readings
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