As a deity name
Name 743 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 515 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 152 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 417 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
सुदर्शन · noun · masculine
विष्णु भगवान् के चक्र का नाम · शिव · अग्नि का एक पुत्र — Śabdasāgara
सुदर्शन · adj
जो · जो देखने में सुंदर हो । प्रियदर्शन । सुखदर्शन । सुंदर । मनोरम · जो आसानी से देखा जा सके — Śabdasāgara
सुदर्शन · su-darśan · adj.
(f. -ā), Good-looking, beautiful, handsome, pleasing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 645
Cited formation "सुदर्शन" is सु- + दर्शन: दर्शन means "sight, vision, observation, view, semblance", and the prefix सु- forms good, easily. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "सुदर्शन" is सुदर्श + -न: सुदर्श means "जिसे सरलता से देखा जा सके", 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 "सुदर्शन" is सुदर्शना + -न: सुदर्शना means "सोमवल्ली । चक्रांगी । मधुपर्णिका", 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
easily seen by (instr.)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sudarśana" is the vocative of "sudarśanā" — 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
su—darśana mf(ā)n. easily seen by (instr.), Vop.
good-looking, beautiful, handsome, lovely, MBh.; R. &c.
su—darśana m. ‘keen-sighted’, a vulture, L.
a fish, Bhpr.
(in music) a kind of composition, Saṃgīt.
su—darśanā (ā), f. a handsome woman, a woman, W.
a night in the light half of a month, TBr.
Alternative readings
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