Ananda

See also: ānanda

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda) or Pali ānanda.

Proper noun

Ananda

1. A male given name from Sanskrit.
2. (Buddhism) the foremost disciple of Gautama Buddha

Translations

disciple of Gautama Buddha

• Burmese: အာနန္ဒာထေရ် (anandahter), အာနန္ဒာ (ananda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿難／阿难 (zh) (Ānán), 阿難陀／阿难陀 (zh)

• Khmer: អានន្ទ (km) (ʼaanntɔɔ)
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• Sinhalese: ආනන්ද රහතන්වහන්සේ (ānanda rahatanwahansē)
• Thai: พระอานนท์
• Vietnamese: A-nan-đà

Related terms

• Anand

Anagrams

• Adnana, Danaan