नन्द

{ nandḥ, nanda }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

A warrior of Subrahmaṇya. [M.B. Śalya Parva, Chapter 45, Stanza 64] .
NANDA I   (NANDAKA). See under Nandagopa.
NANDA II   (See under Vararuci).
NANDA III   A son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. In the battle of Kurukṣetra, Bhīmasena killed him. [M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 51, Stanza 19] .
NANDA IV   A serpent born in the family of Kaśyapa [Mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Chapter 103, Stanza 12] .
NANDA VI   A synonym of Bhagavān Viṣṇu. [M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 149, Stanza 69] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : नंद, नंदन, नंद, नंद, नंद, नंद

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

noun  श्रीमान्-को बहिनी   Ex. गीता सीताकी नन्द हुन्

ONTOLOGY:

व्यक्ति (Person) ➜ स्तनपायी (Mammal) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

asm ননদ

ben ননদ

guj નણંદ

hin ननद

kan ನಾದಿನಿ

kas زام

kok नणंद

mal നാത്തൂന്.

mar नणंद

mni ꯃꯆꯟꯅꯨꯄꯤ

ori ନଣନ୍ଦ

pan ਨਣਾਨ

san ननान्दा

tam நாத்தனார்

tel ఆడపడుచు.

urd نند , نندنی

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नन्द  m.  m. joy, delight, happiness (also pl.), [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
(in mus.) a flute 7 inches long
N. of one of युधि-ष्ठिर's 2 drums, [MBh.]
of one of कुबेर's 9 gems, [L.]
गोप   a son (in - add.; cf. नन्दन)
N. of विष्णु, [MBh.]
of one of स्कन्द's attendants, ib.
of a नाग, ib.
-क   (also )

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क

of a, [Buddh.] deity, [Lalit.]
of an attendant on दक्ष, [BhP.]
-क   of a son of धृत-राष्ट्र (also ), [MBh.]

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क

of a step-brother and disciple of गौतम बुद्ध, [MWB. 441]
of a son of वसु-देव, [Pur.]
-क   of the foster-father of कृष्ण and ancestor of दुर्गा, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] &c. (also , [L.])

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क

of a leader of the सात्वतs, [BhP.]
of a king of पाटलि-पुत्र and founder of a dynasty consisting of 9 successive princes, [HPariś.]; [Pur.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañc.] &c.
of the number 9 (because of the 9 नन्दs), [Jyot.]
of sev. scholars and authors, [Cat.]
-पर्वत   of a mountain, [BhP.] ( cf. and नन्दि-गिरि)

ROOTS:

पर्वत

नन्द  n.  n. a kind of house, [Gal.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नन्दः [nandḥ]   [नन्द्-भावे घञ्]
Happiness, pleasure, joy.
A kind of lute (11 inches long). (MW. 7 inches).
A frog.
 N. N. of Viṣṇu.
 N. N. of a cowherd, husband of Yaśodā and foster-father of Kṛiṣṇa (to whose care the child was committed when Kaṁsa wanted to destroy it).
 N. N. of the founder of the Nanda dynasty; or of nine brother-kings of Pāṭaliputra killed by the machinations of Chāṇakya, the minister of Chandragupta; समुत्खाता नन्दा नव हृदयरोगा इव भुवः [Mu. 1.13;] अगृहीते राक्षसे किमुत्खातं नन्दवंशस्य [Mu.1.27;3.28.]
One of the nine treasures of Kubera.
Number 'nine' (from the nine Nandas.).
-दी   An epithet of Durgā. -Comp.
-आत्मजः, -नन्दनः   an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa-पालः an epithet of Varuṇa.
-प्रयागः  N. N. of a sacred place.

Shabda-Sagara

नन्द  mf.  ( -न्दः-न्दी) Happiness, pleasure, felicity.
 m.  ( -न्दः)
1. One of KUVERA'S nine inestimable gems or treasure.
2. The cow- herd NANDA, the foster father of KRISHṆA.
3. A name of VISHṆU.
4. A prince, the son of MAHĀNANDI.
5. A flute, one eleven inches long.
 f.  ( -न्दा)
1. An earthen water jar.
2. The first, sixth, or eleventh day of the fortnight.
3. Prosperity, increase.
4. A husband's sister.
 f.  ( -न्दी) INDRA'S garden.
 f.  ( -न्दा or -न्दी) A name of DURGĀ.
E. नदि to be prosperous or happy, affixes अच् and टाप् or भावे घञ् .

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नदि अच् टाप् भावे घञ् .