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Priyadarshan
प्रियदर्शनSay it pri-yuh-DUR-shun
- Meaning today
- Pleasing to look at, loved sight
- Original meaning
- "pleasant to look at; name of a prince of the Gandharvas" Monier-Williams, p. 710
- Say it
- pri-yuh-DUR-shun
- Written
- प्रियदर्शन
- Other spellings
- Priyadarshana, Priyadharshan
Priyadarshan
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Priyadarshan meaning
Priyadarshan (प्रियदर्शन) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Pleasant to look at; name of a prince of the Gandharvas
Also used to mean: pleasing to look at, loved sight
Priyadarshan (प्रियदर्शन) is the Sanskrit priyadarśana, from priya, "dear, pleasing", and darśana, "sight". Monier-Williams gives it as "pleasant or grateful to the sight", a handsome-to-look-at quality, and also records it as the name of a prince of the Gandharvas, the celestial musicians, and of a son of the serpent king Vāsuki. Name lists say "pleasing to look at" or "loved sight". The best-known bearer is the film director Priyadarshan, who has made a long run of films in Malayalam and Hindi.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 710 · entry priyadarśana · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, priyadarśana, p. 710 · Wikipedia, Priyadarshan
Famous namesakes
- Priyadarshan, film director
Spellings
Priyadarshan · Priyadarshana · Priyadharshan