As a deity name
Name 476 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 627 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 39 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 50 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
सिंह · noun · masculine
बिल्ली की जाति का सबसे बलवान् पराक्रमी और भव्य जंगली जंतु जिसके नर वर्ग की गरदन पर बड़े बड़े बाल या केसर होते हैं । शेर बबर · ज्योतिष में मेष आदि आदि बारह राशियों में से पाँचवीं राशि · वीरता या श्रेष्ठतावाचक शव्द । जैसे,—पुरुष सिंह — Śabdasāgara
सिंह · noun · masculine
सिंह का हनन — Śabdasāgara
सिंह · siṅh · s.m.
Lion, &c. (see siṅgh, the pop. form) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 689
सिंह · feminine,masculine
Leo; Leo constellation; Leo supercluster; a surname, Singh, from Sanskrit, used by Kshatriyas and Sikhs
सिंह · masculine
lion
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सिंह — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha). Doublet of सिंघ (siṅgh).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
siṃha m. (ifc. f(ā). ; prob. fr. √ sah) ‘the powerful one’, a lion (also identified with ātman), RV. &c. &c.
the zodiacal sign Leo or its Lagna, VarBṛS.; MārkP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘the powerful one’, a lion (also identified with ātman), &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "siṃha" is the vocative of "siṃhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
siṃha m. (ifc. f(ā). ; prob. fr. √ sah) ‘the powerful one’, a lion (also identified with ātman), RV. &c. &c.
the zodiacal sign Leo or its Lagna, VarBṛS.; MārkP.
a hero or eminent person (ifc. = ‘chief or lord of’, to express excellence of any kind; cf. puruṣa-s˚, rāja-s˚, and the similar use of ṛṣabha, vyāghra &c.; sometimes also = ‘prince, king’ e.g. nāga-pura-s˚, the king of N˚; cf. siṃhadvār and siṃhāsana), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a partic. form of temple, VarBṛS.
a partic. place prepared for the building of a house, Jyot.
siṃhā (ā), f. a partic. grass or plant (= nāḍī), L.
Alternative readings
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