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Entry नन्द

नन्दnandaHappiness, pleasure, joy.
[नन्द्-भावे घञ्]
1. Happiness, pleasure, joy.
2. A kind of lute (11 inches long). (MW. 7 inches).
3. A frog.
4. Name of Viṣṇu.
5. Name of a cowherd, husband of Yaśodā and foster-father of Kṛiṣṇa (to whose care the child was committed when Kaṁsa wanted to destroy it).
6. Name 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.
7. One of the nine treasures of Kubera.
8. Number 'nine' (from the nine Nandas.).
Derived forms and compounds
- -दी An epithet of Durgā.
- -आत्मजः, -नन्दनः an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa-पालः an epithet of Varuṇa.
- -प्रयागः Name of a sacred place.
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