As a deity name
Name 385 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
व्यवस्थान · noun · masculine
उपस्थिति या अस्थिर होना । व्यवस्थिति · व्यवस्था । इंतजाम । प्रबंध · विष्णु का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "व्यवस्थान" is व्यवस्था + -न: व्यवस्था means "arrangement, preparation", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
persistent (applied to Viṣṇu)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
vy-˚avasthāna mfn. persistent (applied to Viṣṇu), MBh. xiii, 6991
vy-˚avasthāna n. steadiness, perseverance, continuance in (loc.), MBh.; R.
firmness, constancy, MBh.
state, condition (pl. ‘circumstances’), GopBr.; Rājat.
regular arrangement or distribution, MW.
Alternative readings
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