As a deity name
Name 501 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 94 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 331 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 856 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
वायुवाहन · noun · masculine
धूम्र । धूआँ · शिव (को॰) · विष्णु । (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वायुवाहन" is वायुवाह + -न: वायुवाह means "धूम । धुआँ", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘id.’, N. of Viṣṇu
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Dictionary citations
vāyu—vāhana m. ‘id.’, N. of Viṣṇu, L.
of Śiva, Śivag.
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