As a deity name
Name 72 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 974 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 559 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 586 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
handsome-limbed (applied to Śiva)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
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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
śubhāṅga mfn. handsome-limbed (applied to Śiva), Śivag.
śubhāṅga m. N. of a Tuṣita-kāyika Deva-putra, Lalit.
of a lexicographer (v.l. śubhāṅka), Cat.
śubhāṅga mfn. (-ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) Handsome, elegant. f. (-ṅgī) 1 The wife of KĀMA. 2 The wife of KUVERA. 3 A handsome woman. E. śubha handsome, and aṅga body.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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