name
Meaning 1
A unisex given name from Sanskrit.
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Standard Lemma guide
Ananda
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name
Meaning 2
The foremost disciple of Gautama Buddha.
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Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 3
The eternal bliss that accompanies the ending of the rebirth cycle.
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Usage: Hinduism, uncountable
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History
Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda) or Pali ānanda.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Burmese: အာနန္ဒာ (ananda) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿難 /阿难 (Ānán) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿難陀 /阿难陀 (Ānántuó) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Khmer: អានន្ទ (ʼaanntɔɔ) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Marathi: आनंद (ānanda) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Russian: А́нанда (Ánanda) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Russian: Ананда́ (Anandá) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Sanskrit: आनन्द (ānanda) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Sikkimese: ཀུན་དགའ་བོ (kun dga' bo) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Sinhalese: ආනන්ද රහතන්වහන්සේ (ānanda rahatanwahansē) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Thai: พระอานนท์ — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Tibetan: ཀུན་དགའ་བོ (kun dga' bo) — disciple of Gautama Buddha
- Vietnamese: A-nan-đà — disciple of Gautama Buddha
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