As a deity name
Name 34 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 189 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘diversely-eyed’, having deformed eyes (compar. -tara)
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
vi-rū˚pākṣa mf(ī)n. ‘diversely-eyed’, having deformed eyes (compar. -tara), PārGṛ.; R.; Kum.
having various occupations, Vās. (Sch.)
vi-rū˚pākṣa m. N. of a partic. divine being, MānGṛ. (also f(ī). N. of a tutelary deity, Cat.)
vi-rū˚pākṣa m. of Śiva (as represented with an odd number of eyes, one being in his forehead; cf. tri-locana), Vās.
of one of Śiva's attendants, Hariv.
Alternative readings
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