अण्ड

{ aṇḍa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

AṆḌA   Sūta, the disciple of Vyāsa said to the Munis at the Naimiśāraṇya about the creation of the Universe: In the beginning in the heavy universal darkness, the first seed of life (aṇḍa) appeared. [M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 1, Verse 28] .

Note: *) AṆḌA. The primal seed (Aṇḍa=egg or seed) from which everything was born.]

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : अंडग्रंथि, एरंड, कामदेव, डिंबाणु, शंकर, एरंड, ब्रह्मांड, अंडकोश, अंड

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

   See : डिम्बाणु, शङ्कर, अण्डग्रन्थि, ब्रह्माण्ड

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अण्ड  m.  n. (also m., [L.]) ([√ अम्, [Uṇ.]]), an egg, a testicle
   the scrotum
   the musk bag
   semen virile, [L.]
    N. of शिव (from his being identified with the ब्रह्माण्ड or mundane egg).
   a pinnacle or cupola, [VarBṛS.]
   a partic. part of a स्तूप, [Divyâv.]
   a sword with irregular longitudinal white marks, [L.]

Shabda-Sagara

अण्ड  n.  ( -ण्डं)
   1. An egg.
   2. A testicle or the scrotum.
   3. Semen geni- tale.
   4. The musk bag, regarded as the scrotum of the deer.
    E. अम to go, and ड Unadi aff.

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अम ड