As a deity name
Name 53 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 681 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
सिंहवाहन · noun · masculine
सिंह पर चढ़ने या सवारी करनेवाला · शिव का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "सिंहवाहन" is सिंहवाह + -न: सिंहवाह means "जो सिंह पर सवार हो", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "सिंहवाहन" is सिंहवाहना + -न: सिंहवाहना means "दुर्गा देवी", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: Śiva
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "siṃhavāhana" is the vocative of "siṃhavāhanā" — 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
siṃha—vāhana mfn. id.
siṃha—vāhana m. N. of Śiva, MBh.
siṃha—vāhanā (ā), f. N. of Durgā, L.
Alternative readings
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