As a deity name
Name 454 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 367 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 323 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 738 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
वैकुण्ठ · vaikuṇṭh · s.m.
A name of Vishṇu — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1210
वैकुंठ · masculine
the home of Vishnu, paradise
वैकुण्ठ · masculine
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वैकुण्ठ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit वैकुण्ठ (vaikuṇṭhá).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vaikuṇṭha m. (fr. vi-kuṇṭha) N. of Indra, ŚBr.; KauṣUp.
of Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa), MBh.; Hariv. &c.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Viṣṇu's heaven (variously described as situated in the northern ocean or on the eastern peak of mount Meru), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vaikuṇṭha" is the vocative of "vaikuṇṭhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
vaikuṇṭha m. (fr. vi-kuṇṭha) N. of Indra, ŚBr.; KauṣUp.
of Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa), MBh.; Hariv. &c.
a statue of Viṣṇu, Rājat.
the 24th day in the month of Brahmā, L.
(in music) a kind of measure, Saṃgīt.
vaikuṇṭhā (ā), f. Vaikuṇṭha's (Viṣṇu's) Śakti, Pañcar.
Alternative readings
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