Anant or Ananta may refer to:
Hinduism
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Ananta (infinite)
''Ananta'' (), is a Sanskrit term, and primarily an epithet of Vishnu.
Vaishnavism
It is one of many of the names of Vishnu. Ananta is also a name of Shesha, the celestial snake, on which Vishnu reclines in the cosmic ocean.
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(), an epithet of Vishnu, with meanings in other Indic religions
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Ananta Shesha
Shesha (), also known by his epithets Sheshanaga () and Adishesha (), is a serpentine demigod (Nāga, naga) and king of the Nāga, serpents (Nagaraja), as well as a primordial being of creation in Hinduism. In the Puranas, Shesha is said to ho ...
, the serpent that circles the world
Places
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Ananta (Arequipa), a mountain in the Arequipa Region, Peru
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Ananta (Cusco)
Ananta is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District. It lies northeast of the higher peak of Pajo Ananta.
The river Pucamayu (pos ...
, a mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru
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Ananta (Puno)
Ananta is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Ananta lies south of the mountain Macho Ritti
Macho Ritti (possibly from Quechua ...
, a mountain in the Puno Region, Peru
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Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Anantapur, officially Anantapuramu, is a city in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Anantapuru mandal and also the divisional headquarters of Anantapur revenue division. The city is loca ...
, a district of Andhra Pradesh, India
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Ananta Vasudeva Temple
Ananta Vasudeva Temple ("Temple of the Infinite Vāsudeva", Odia:ଅନନ୍ତ ବାସୁଦେବ ମନ୍ଦିର) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna, an ''avatar'' of Vishnu located in Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Odisha, I ...
(thirteenth century) at Bhubaneswar, in Orissa state of India
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Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...
(holy city of Anantha), capital city of Kerala
People
People in government
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Ananta (king)
Ananta or King Ananta, also known as Anantadeva, was a king of Kashmir who reigned for 40 years from 1028 to 1068 CE. He belonged to the Lohara dynasty. Ananta (Sanskrit: अनन्त ) is the Sanskrit term for that which is infinite due to u ...
(died 1068 AD), a king of the Lohara dynasty of Kashmir
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Ananta Narcina Naik, Indian politician
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Ananta Nayak
Ananta Nayak (born 1 May 1969) is an Indian politician who is a member of the 18th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Keonjhar constituency of Odisha and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP).
Nayak became the Member of Parliame ...
(born 1969), Indian politician
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Ananta Prasad Paudel (born 1962), Nepalese politician
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Ananta Singh
Ananta Lal Singh (1 December 1903 - 25 January 1979) was an Indian revolutionary, who participated in the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930.Sengupta, Subodh Chandra (ed.) (1988) ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (in Bengali), Kolkata: Sahi ...
(1903–1979), Indian revolutionary
People in film
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Anant Balani
Anant Balani (1962 – 29 August 2003) was a Bollywood film director and screenwriter.
He directed films such as ''Patthar Ke Phool'' in 1991 which starred Salman Khan and Raveena Tandon in lead roles. He also wrote the script for ''Insaaf: Th ...
(1962–2003), Bollywood film director and screenwriter
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Ananta Jalil
M. A. Jalil (known as AJ) is a Bangladeshi businessman, actor, director and producer. He is known for his contributions to Bangladesh's textile industry as well as his performance in '' Khoj: The Search''.
Early life and background
Ananta Jali ...
(born 1978), Bangladeshi film actor and producer
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Ananth Babu
Punyamurthula Anant, known by his stage name Ananth Babu (or simply Ananth), is an Indian actor and comedian, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, I ...
, Indian Telugu film actor
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Ananta Sriram
Chegondi Anantha Sriram is an Indian lyricist, poet and actor who works in Telugu cinema. Sriram has written lyrics for over 1000 Telugu film songs in his career. He won a Nandi Award, two Filmfare Award and two SIIMA Awards for his work as a l ...
(born 1984), Indian lyricist working primarily in Telugu film
People in literature
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Ananta Charan Sukla (1942–2020), Indian philosopher and writer
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Ananta Kandali
Ananta Kandali (1540–1580) was Brahmin poet from Hajo, Kamrup district. Ananta Kandali's real name was Haricharan, but he is popularly known by his scholastic title "Ananta Kandali". His father, Ratna Pathak, was a renowned scholar and expound ...
(1540–1580), Brahmin poet
Other people
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Ananta Charan Sai Babu
Ananta Charan Sai Babu(1915–1989) was a Mayurbhanj Chhau dance ( UNESCO heritage) practitioner. Born in a family of Chhau performers in Mayurbhanj, he studied under his father Radhamohan Sai and others gurus of Chhau dance such as Dibakar Bh ...
(1915–1989), Indian dancer
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Ananta Kumar Ghosh
Ananta Kumar Ghosh (born 4 November 1954) is an Indian football coach who last managed Mohammedan Sporting.
Coaching career
Born in Kolkata, West Bengal, Ghosh started his coaching career in football in the 1980s when he gained his Master of ...
(born 1954), Indian football coach
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Ananta Mandal
Ananta Mandal (born 5 February 1983) is an Indian artist. He has been recognized with international and national honours for his watercolour, oil, and acrylic paintings. He lives and works in Mumbai, India.
Early life and education
Ananta Ma ...
(born 1983), Indian artist
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Fahd Ananta
HubSpot, Inc. is a US-based developer and marketer of software products for inbound marketing, sales, and customer service. Its products and services are meant to provide tools for customer relationship management, social media marketing, content ...
(born 1988), Bangladeshi entrepreneur
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Ananth Dodabalapur
Ananth Dodabalapur is an Indian-American engineer, currently the Motorola Regents Chair Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and previously the Ashley H. Priddy Centennial Professor, at University of Texas at Austin and a published au ...
, Indian-American engineer
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Anant Kumar Agarwal
Anant Kumar Agarwal from the Cree Inc., Chapel Hill, NC was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012 for contributions to silicon carbide
Silicon carbide (SiC), also known as carborundum (), is a ...
, American electrical engineer
Other uses
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Ananta Bhalobasha
''Ananta Bhalobasha'' is a 1999 Bangladeshi romantic action film. The film was directed and screenplay by Sohanur Rahman Sohan and Produced by Kuddusur Rahman under the banner of SP Production. The story and dialogues of the film are written by A ...
'', a 1999 Bangladeshi film featuring Shakib Khan
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''Ananta'' (video game), a gacha game developed by Naked Rain and NetEase Montreal and published by NetEase
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Ananda (disambiguation)
Ananda may refer to:
Hinduism
*Ānanda (Hindu philosophy)
*Anandamaya kosha
*Ananda Tandava, a sacred dance of Hindu mythology
People
*Ananda, disciple of the Buddha
*Ananda (King of Anxi), member of Genghis Khan's family
*Ananda Coomaraswamy ( ...
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Anand (disambiguation)
Anand may refer to:
People
* Anand (name), a surname and given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Anand (clan), a clan of an Indian caste
* Anand (actor), Indian actor
* Anand (Maoist), Indian communist
* Anand (writer) (born 19 ...
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Anta (disambiguation)
Anta may refer to:
Biology
* Fava d'anta, a tree found in Brazil
* South American tapir, known in Portuguese as ''
* ''Phytelephas seemannii'', known in Quechua and Choco as ''
Places Peru
* Anta, Ancash, a village in Carhuaz Province, Ancash R ...
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