Ananda

See also: ānanda

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda) or Pali ānanda.

Proper noun

Ananda

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

Related terms

• Anand

Translations

disciple of Gautama Buddha

• Burmese: အာနန္ဒာ (ananda)
• Chinese:

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

• Khmer: អានន្ទ (km) (ʼaanntɔɔ)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: आनंद m (ānanda)
• Russian: А́нанда (ru) (Ánanda), Ананда́ (ru) (Anandá)
• Sanskrit: आनन्द (sa) (ānanda)
• Sinhalese: ආනන්ද රහතන්වහන්සේ (ānanda rahatanwahansē)
• Thai: พระอานนท์
• Vietnamese: A-nan-đà

Anagrams

• Adnana, Danaan