vimana
noun
vimana is a noun meaning “A mythological flying palace or chariot described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-M-A-N-A, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vimana is vimanas.
What does vimana mean?
noun
- 1
A mythological flying palace or chariot described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics.
- 2
The tower above the garbhagriha in a Hindu temple.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vimana
- vimanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vimana?
Vimana appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vimana come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit वि॒मान॑ (vimā́na).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).