As a deity name
Name 780 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
वैखानस · noun · masculine
वह जो वानप्रस्थ आश्रम में हो · प्राचीन काल के एक प्रकार के ब्रह्मचारी या तपस्वी जो प्रायः वन में रहा करते थे · प्रजापति के नख एवं लोभ से उत्पन्न एक ऋषि जिन्होंने वैखानस नामक धर्मसूत्र की रचना की थी — Śabdasāgara
वैखानस · adj
वानप्रस्थ आश्रम संबंधी — Śabdasāgara
वैखानस · vaikhānas · adj.
(f. -ī), Relating to hermits, monastic — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1210
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a Brāhman in the third stage of his life, anchorite, hermit (= vānaprastha, q.v.)
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vaikhānasa m. (fr. vi-khānasa) a Brāhman in the third stage of his life, anchorite, hermit (= vānaprastha, q.v.), Kāv.; Gaut.; BhP.
a patr. of Vamra, RAnukr.
of Puru-hanman, PañcavBr.
N. of partic. stars, VarBṛS.
of a sect of Vaiṣṇavas, W.; Cat.
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