As a deity name
Name 478 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 261 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
वर्धन · masculine
growth, increase, enhancement; prosperity, development
Platts (p. 1187) also records: Increasing, growing, thriving
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वर्धन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्धन (vardhana, “growth, increase”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. vardhana n. the act of cutting or cutting off (see nābhi-v˚)
vardhana mfn. ifc. after a proper N. prob. = ‘town’ (cf. puṇḍra-v˚, and Old Persian vardana).
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of increasing, increase, growth, prosperity, success
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Dictionary citations
1. vardhana n. the act of cutting or cutting off (see nābhi-v˚)
vardhana mfn. ifc. after a proper N. prob. = ‘town’ (cf. puṇḍra-v˚, and Old Persian vardana).
2. vardhana mf(ī)n. increasing, growing, thriving, MBh.
(often ifc.) causing to increase, strengthening, granting prosperity, RV. &c. &c.
(mostly ifc.) animating, gladdening, exhilarating, MBh.; R.; BhP.
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