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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

ननन्दृnanandṛननान्दृ [nanāndṛ], ननान्दृ 1 A husband's sister; ननान्दुः पत्या च देव्याः संदिष्टमृष्यशृङ्गेण U.1.
1. ननान्दृ nanāndṛ, ननान्दृ 1 A husband's sister; ननान्दुः पत्या च देव्याः संदिष्टमृष्यशृङ्गेण Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.
2. A wife's sister; पितृभ्रातृ- सुहृज्ज्ञातीन् हित्वा सोरतसोहृदाः । ननान्दृश्यालसंवादा दीनाः स्त्रैणाः कलौ नराः Bhāg.12.3.37.
3. ननान्दृपतिः (also ननान्दुः पतिः) the husband of a husband's sister.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

ननन्दृnanandṛ(L.) or न्/अनान्दृ (RV. x, 85, 46) f. a husband's sister.

(Lexicographers) or न्/अनान्दृ (fg-veda x, 85, 46) feminine a husband's sister.

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