As a deity name
Name 624 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 873 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 336 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 10 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
वामदेव · noun · masculine
शिव । महादेव · गौतम गोत्रीय एक वैदिक ऋषि जो ऋग्वेद के चौथे मंडल के अधिकांश सूक्तों के द्रष्टा थे · दशरथ के एक मंत्री का नाम — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
relating to the Ṛṣi Vāma-deva
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Dictionary citations
vāma—deva (vāma-), m. N. of an ancient Ṛṣi (having the patr. gautama, author of the hymns, RV. iv, 1-41; 45-48, comprising nearly the whole fourth Maṇḍala; pl. his family), RV. &c. &c.
of minister of Daśa-ratha, MBh.; R.
of a king, MBh.; Hariv.
of a son of Nārāyaṇa (father of Viśva-nātha), Cat.
of a lawyer, a poet &c. (also with upādhyāya and bhaṭṭā-cārya), ib.
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