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Entry नद्

नद्nadTo fill with noise, make noisy or resonant.
1. To fill with noise, make noisy or resonant.
2. To cause to make a sound. -With उद् to roar, cry (loudly), bellow (as a bull); असोढसिंहध्वनिरुन्ननाद Ku.1.56.
Derived forms and compounds
- नद् nad
  
  1 Parasmaipada (नदति, नदित)
  
  To sound, resound, thunder (as a cloud etc.); वामश्चायं नदति मधुरं चातकस्ते सगन्धः Me.9; नदत्याकाशगङ्गायाः स्रोतस्युद्दामदिग्गजे R.1.78; Śi.5.63; Bk. 2.4.
  
  To speak, shout, cry, roar (often with words like शब्द, स्वन, नाद etc. as object); ननाद बलवन्नादम्, शब्दं घोरतरं नदन्ति Mb.
  
  To vibrate. -Causal (नादयति-ते)
In the Gita1·12

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शंखं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥

siṁhanādaṁ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān. — Cheering the heart of Duryodhana, the mighty grandsire (Bhishma), the Ancient of the Kurus, resounding the battlefield with a lion's roar, blew his… 1·12
- विनद्यvinadyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root nad (to resound or vibrate or resonate) with prefix vi.
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