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ananda

ananda

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A personal name used in South and Southeast Asia meaning happiness
  • proper noun
  • /əˈnɑːndə/
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  • "Search admission, registration, and expulsion records for the name Ananda," said Yama promptly, "especially expulsion."
  • Ananda Lewis
  • Ananda says
  • Ananda's number

And the second part of my name, Thyagananda is a combination of two terms, Thyaga and Ananda.

Examples

  • -Did she say Ananda?

    The Black Pimpernel (2007)

  • "Ananda wears a funny kind of cross," said Stef slowly.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Hey, Ananda you have some money?

    Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000)

  • "Oh well, he's just a professor," said Ananda tolerantly.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Congratulations, Ananda.

    Milarepa (2025)

  • Ananda Muhammad, MA, is a PhD student in the Applied Linguistics and Technology Program at Iowa State University.

    Academic text (2018)

  • He's Swami Beyond Ananda, the cosmic comic.

  • "I liked the bit about the Darksiders," said Ananda, fingering his rosary.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Sea Ananda, as he now called himself, had even shared some of his kurta-clad Mayas and Shantis with Baba-Pete, for old times' sake, at his temple hot tub in the Marin redwoods.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • One of my best friends is named Ananda.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Ananda is a personal name from the Sanskrit ānanda, meaning 'bliss' or 'joy'. A helpful way to remember the name is to think of it as a wish for a life full of happiness and peace.