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Just Google and you will find many, many links. I give you a few here:
Probably a variant of Nirjana, which means in Sanskrit and Indian: "Spotless, pure":
http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Niranjana.html
According to others Nirjanjana comes from the Indian word meaning "Goddess Durga":
http://www.birthvillage.com/meaning/Niranjana
http://www.babynology.com/meaning-niranjana-m30.html
Other links:
"pure and free from falsehood"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060716005744AA9487g
Name Of A River; Goddess Durga; The Night Of The Full Moon:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xPZj6a6obPkJ:indiannames.returningtoindia.com/linkdetail.aspx%3Fid%3D720+meaning+of+niranjana&cd=8&hl=nl&ct=clnk&gl=nl
However the most plausable explanation I found here about the name Niranjan (of which Niranjanna seems to me to be a female variant):
"Niranjan is one of the names of Venkateshwara, a god in Hindu religion. Niranjan is another name/form of Lord Shiva.The literal meaning in Sanskrit is "Fearless".(Nir=Without;Anjan=fear; in Sanskrit "Anjan" means "MAYA" as in the causal force for all feelings of "self" and belongings. the word being a porttmanteau in sanskrit means one without blemishes [anjanasya abhavaha]":
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_the_Hindu_name_Niranjan
http://askganesha.com/babynames/babyname.php?id=Niranjan&nam=N
Probably a variant of Nirjana, which means in Sanskrit and Indian: "Spotless, pure":
http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Niranjana.html
According to others Nirjanjana comes from the Indian word meaning "Goddess Durga":
http://www.birthvillage.com/meaning/Niranjana
http://www.babynology.com/meaning-niranjana-m30.html
Other links:
"pure and free from falsehood"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060716005744AA9487g
Name Of A River; Goddess Durga; The Night Of The Full Moon:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xPZj6a6obPkJ:indiannames.returningtoindia.com/linkdetail.aspx%3Fid%3D720+meaning+of+niranjana&cd=8&hl=nl&ct=clnk&gl=nl
However the most plausable explanation I found here about the name Niranjan (of which Niranjanna seems to me to be a female variant):
"Niranjan is one of the names of Venkateshwara, a god in Hindu religion. Niranjan is another name/form of Lord Shiva.The literal meaning in Sanskrit is "Fearless".(Nir=Without;Anjan=fear; in Sanskrit "Anjan" means "MAYA" as in the causal force for all feelings of "self" and belongings. the word being a porttmanteau in sanskrit means one without blemishes [anjanasya abhavaha]":
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_the_Hindu_name_Niranjan
http://askganesha.com/babynames/babyname.php?id=Niranjan&nam=N
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For most names, just google and you will find many, many links. But many of them will have completely made up meanings, and you will usually have no idea which ones (and, often all of them will agree on the same wrong meaning). So, please be ware.
Incidentally, what I found interesting is that when you found a number of meanings, you chose one as the most plausible? And, yet, it is obvious you do not speak the language (Sanskrit) from which the name is derived. Will you please explain how you chose that one (I do not know how to explain this, but this is not a sarcastic comment: I mean it as a serious question and really am interested in knowing how people decide these things.)
I have not seen niranjanna with a doubled -nn- like that. But, I have seen niranjana, which has a long open -a at the end (like in English car), and the -nj- has a palatal (soft) -n-. This is the Sanskrit word which you are describing here (as you point out, barring typos).
There is a very old Sanskrit root anj (with the same soft n), which means to anoint, and is cognate with lating ungo. The prefix nir-/nis- modifies meanings with a sense of out/away, and niranjana (with a short schwa -a at the end) literally means unpainted or pure. Niranjana with the long -a at the end is the feminine form of this adjective.
In Hindu mythology, one of the supreme deities, shiva, is considered dispassionate and without qualities, and niranjan also conveys this: passion and all qualities are considered anonintments on individuals. Durga, his consort, and the supreme unqualified power, is called niranjana (with a long -a) for the same reason. The time period of the full moon is also called niranjana (feminine), this time probably because the full moon is full. I have heard of a niranjana (feminine) river in a poem, but I do not know where it is.
The `free from falsehood' is probably someone's explanation of pure, and it is true that the two concepts are related in Hindu thought, but that is not a meaning.
Incidentally, what I found interesting is that when you found a number of meanings, you chose one as the most plausible? And, yet, it is obvious you do not speak the language (Sanskrit) from which the name is derived. Will you please explain how you chose that one (I do not know how to explain this, but this is not a sarcastic comment: I mean it as a serious question and really am interested in knowing how people decide these things.)
I have not seen niranjanna with a doubled -nn- like that. But, I have seen niranjana, which has a long open -a at the end (like in English car), and the -nj- has a palatal (soft) -n-. This is the Sanskrit word which you are describing here (as you point out, barring typos).
There is a very old Sanskrit root anj (with the same soft n), which means to anoint, and is cognate with lating ungo. The prefix nir-/nis- modifies meanings with a sense of out/away, and niranjana (with a short schwa -a at the end) literally means unpainted or pure. Niranjana with the long -a at the end is the feminine form of this adjective.
In Hindu mythology, one of the supreme deities, shiva, is considered dispassionate and without qualities, and niranjan also conveys this: passion and all qualities are considered anonintments on individuals. Durga, his consort, and the supreme unqualified power, is called niranjana (with a long -a) for the same reason. The time period of the full moon is also called niranjana (feminine), this time probably because the full moon is full. I have heard of a niranjana (feminine) river in a poem, but I do not know where it is.
The `free from falsehood' is probably someone's explanation of pure, and it is true that the two concepts are related in Hindu thought, but that is not a meaning.
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P.S.: where I wrote "Nirjanjana", I meant "Niranjana". Sorry
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P.S.: I wrote:
"Probably a variant of Nirjana". Ofcourse this must be:
"Probably a variant of Niranjana"
"Probably a variant of Nirjana". Ofcourse this must be:
"Probably a variant of Niranjana"
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