As a deity name
Name 21 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 186 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
Recorded as a personal name: a teacher
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "surānanda" is the vocative of "surānandā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
surānanda m. N. of a teacher, Cat.
of a poet, ŚārṅgP.
surānandā (ā), f. N. of a Surāṅganā, Siṃhās.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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