As a deity name
Name 14 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 184 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 645 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 638 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
वीर · noun · masculine
वह जो साहसी और बलवान् हो । शूर । बहादुर · योद्धा । सैनिक । सिपाही · वह जो किसी विकट परिस्थिति में भी आगे बढ़कर उत्तमतापूर्वक अपने कर्तव्य का पालन करे — Śabdasāgara
वीर · adj
शूर । बहादुर · शक्तिशाली । ताकतवर · श्रेष्ठ । सर्वोत्कृष्ट — Śabdasāgara
वीर · vīr · adj.
(f. -ā), Heroic, brave, valiant; mighty, powerful, strong; eminent, excellent — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1209
वीर · masculine
hero, fighter, one who is brave
वीर
heroic, brave
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वीर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वीर (vīra). Doublet of बीर (bīr).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vīra m. a man, (esp.) a brave or eminent man, hero, chief (sometimes applied to gods, as to Indra, Viṣṇu &c.; pl. men, people, mankind, followers, retainers), RV. &c. &c.
a hero (as opp. to a god), RTL. 272 n.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a man, (esp.) a brave or eminent man, hero, chief (sometimes applied to gods, as to Indra, Viṣṇu &c.; pl. men, people, mankind, followers, retainers), &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (17)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vīra" is the vocative of "vīrā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
vīra m. a man, (esp.) a brave or eminent man, hero, chief (sometimes applied to gods, as to Indra, Viṣṇu &c.; pl. men, people, mankind, followers, retainers), RV. &c. &c.
a hero (as opp. to a god), RTL. 272 n.
a husband, MBh.; R.; Pur.
a male child, son (collect. male progeny), RV.; AV.; Br.; GṛŚrS.
the male of an animal, AV.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
vīrā f. (in music) a partic. Śruti, Saṃgīt.
N. of the wife of Bharad-vāja, L.
Alternative readings
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