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The name Ayyappan is a combination of two words ''ayyan'' and ''appan''.[{{cite book |last=Srikant |first=C.V. Manoj |year=1998 |title=Sabarimala: Its timeless message |isbn=978-8-186-10712-6 |publisher=Integral Books |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjXAAAAMAAJ }}]{{sfn |Younger |2002 |p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=VqPmCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA166 166] }} ''Ayyan'' in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and the [[Malayalam]] word ''acchan'' mean "father".[{{cite book |first=Mikhail Sergeevich |last=Andronov |year=1996 |title=A Grammar of the Malayalam Language in Historical Treatment |publisher=[[Otto Harrassowitz Verlag]] |isbn=978-3-447-03811-9 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H422cDV5qX4C&pg=PA49 }}][{{cite conference |first1=Johannes |last1=Bronkhorst |first2=Madhav |last2=Deshpande |publication-date=1999 |date=25-27 October 1996 |title=Aryan and non-Aryan in south Asia: Evidence, interpretation, and ideology |conference=International Seminar on Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia |place=University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |volume=3 |edition=reprint |publisher=[[Harvard University]] |series=Harvard oriental series: ''Opera minora'' |isbn=978-1-888-78904-1 |pages=177–178 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EOdtAAAAMAAJ&q=appan }}] ''Appan'' also means "father" in Tamil, and both these words are also used as [[honorific]] titles.[{{cite book |first=Iravatham |last=Mahadevan |year=2003 |title=Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. |author-link=Iravatham Mahadevan |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |page=106 |isbn=978-0-674-01227-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZBkAAAAMAAJ }}] In [[Hindu texts]], he is described as the son of [[Mohini]] (the female form of [[Vishnu]]) and [[Shiva]] with the name Ayyappan connoting as "lord-father".[{{cite journal |last=Kittel |first=F., Rev. |date=June 1872 |title=Coorg superstitions |journal=Indian Antiquary: A Journal of Oriental Research in Archaeology, History, Literature, Languages, Folklore |publisher=[[Austrian National Library]] |page=168 |quote=Ayyappa (Ayya-Appa)† ''i.e.'' Lord father ... † Ay, Ayya, is an honorific title among the Dravidians, frequently affixed to proper names, ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aPCLDaWvJ7UC&pg=RA2-PA168 |access-date=22 August 2024 }}][{{cite encyclopedia |first1=Constance |last1=Jones |first2=James D. |last2=Ryan |year=2006 |title=Ayyappan |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Hinduism |publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-816-07564-5 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgMmceadQ3gC&pg=PA58 |access-date=22 August 2024 }}] The name could have also been derived from the combination of ''aryan'' and ''appan'' with the former meaning "revered".[{{cite book |first=D.P. |last=Dubey |year=1995 |title=Pilgrimage Studies: Sacred places, sacred traditions |publisher=Society of Pilgrimage Studies |isbn=978-8-190-05201-6 |pages=136–137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BHLXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA136 }}] |
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The name Ayyappan is a combination of two words ''ayyan'' and ''appan''.[{{cite book |last=Srikant |first=C.V. Manoj |year=1998 |title=Sabarimala: Its timeless message |isbn=978-8-186-10712-6 |publisher=Integral Books |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjXAAAAMAAJ }}]{{sfn |Younger |2002 |p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=VqPmCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA166 166] }} ''Ayyan'' in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and the [[Malayalam]] word ''acchan'' mean "father".[{{cite book |first=Mikhail Sergeevich |last=Andronov |year=1996 |title=A Grammar of the Malayalam Language in Historical Treatment |publisher=[[Otto Harrassowitz Verlag]] |isbn=978-3-447-03811-9 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H422cDV5qX4C&pg=PA49 }}][{{cite conference |first1=Johannes |last1=Bronkhorst |first2=Madhav |last2=Deshpande |publication-date=1999 |date=25-27 October 1996 |title=Aryan and non-Aryan in south Asia: Evidence, interpretation, and ideology |conference=International Seminar on Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia |place=University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |volume=3 |edition=reprint |publisher=[[Harvard University]] |series=Harvard oriental series: ''Opera minora'' |isbn=978-1-888-78904-1 |pages=177–178 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EOdtAAAAMAAJ&q=appan }}] ''Appan'' also means "father" in Tamil, and both these words are also used as [[honorific]] titles.[{{cite book |first=Iravatham |last=Mahadevan |year=2003 |title=Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. |author-link=Iravatham Mahadevan |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |page=106 |isbn=978-0-674-01227-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZBkAAAAMAAJ }}] In [[Hindu texts]], he is described as the son of [[Mohini]] (the female form of [[Vishnu]]) and [[Shiva]] with the name Ayyappan connoting as "lord-father".[{{cite journal |last=Kittel |first=F., Rev. |date=June 1872 |title=Coorg superstitions |journal=Indian Antiquary: A Journal of Oriental Research in Archaeology, History, Literature, Languages, Folklore |publisher=[[Austrian National Library]] |page=168 |quote=Ayyappa (Ayya-Appa)† ''i.e.'' Lord father ... † Ay, Ayya, is an honorific title among the Dravidians, frequently affixed to proper names, ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aPCLDaWvJ7UC&pg=RA2-PA168 |access-date=22 August 2024 }}][{{cite encyclopedia |first1=Constance |last1=Jones |first2=James D. |last2=Ryan |year=2006 |title=Ayyappan |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Hinduism |publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-816-07564-5 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgMmceadQ3gC&pg=PA58 |access-date=22 August 2024 }}] The name could have also been derived from the combination of ''aryan'' and ''appan'' with the former meaning "revered".[{{cite book |first=D.P. |last=Dubey |year=1995 |title=Pilgrimage Studies: Sacred places, sacred traditions |publisher=Society of Pilgrimage Studies |isbn=978-8-190-05201-6 |pages=136–137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BHLXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA136 }}] |
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In Hindu scriptures such as ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'' and ''[[Srimad Bhagavatham]]'', he is referenced as ''Dharmasastha'' and ''Sastha'', meaning "ruler of the realm".[{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&pg=PA44 44]}}{{sfn|Sekar|1992|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6DOuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 19]}} ] |
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In Hindu scriptures such as ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'' and ''[[Srimad Bhagavatham]]'', he is referenced as ''Dharmasastha'' and ''Sastha'', meaning "ruler of the realm".[{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&pg=PA44 44]}}{{sfn|Sekar|1992|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6DOuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 19]}} The word ''Sastha'' could have also be derived from [[Buddhism]] as Ayyappan is seen as an incarnation of [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] and Buddha was known by the same name, meaning "teacher".][{{sfn|Sekar|1992|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6DOuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 19]}}][{{cite book |first=Paul J. |last=Griffiths |year=1994 |title=On Being Buddha: The classical doctrine of Buddhahood |isbn=978-0-791-42127-7 |publisher=[[State University of New York Press]] |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0T8o_IK5IMgC&pg=PA64 }}] He is also known as ''Hariharasuthan'', meaning the "son of [[Harihara]]", a fusion of ''Hari'' and ''Hara'', the names given to Vishnu and Shiva respectively.{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&pg=PA44 44]}} He is also called ''Manikanda'' with ''mani'' meaning bell and ''kanda'' meaning neck in [[Sanskrit]], and meaning the wearer of a bell on his neck.{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&pg=PA44 44]}}{{sfn|Sekar|1992|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6DOuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 23]}} |
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He is also known as ''Hariharasuthan'', meaning the "son of [[Harihara]]", a fusion of ''Hari'' and ''Hara'', the names given to Vishnu and Shiva respectively.{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&pg=PA44 44]}} He is also called ''Manikanda'' with ''mani'' meaning bell and ''kanda'' meaning neck in [[Sanskrit]], and meaning the wearer of a bell on his neck.{{sfn|Dalal|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&pg=PA44 44]}}{{sfn|Sekar|1992|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6DOuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 23]}} |
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