नन्दन

{ nandana }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

One of the two attendants given to Skandadeva by Aśvinīkumāras. [M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 44] .
NANDANA I   Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. Nandana who had been ruling over the Śveta island had obtained boons from Śiva and had become invincible. He ruled over the kingdom for ten thousand years and then attained Kailāsa and became a gaṇa of Śiva. [Śiva Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 2] .
NANDANA III   A divine park in the world of devas (gods). Mention is made in [Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 25, Stanza 45] , that those who had brought the organs of senses under control and who had not killed any living being, would be permitted to enter this park.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नन्दन  mfn.  mf( आ)n. (the initial न् is not changeable to ण् g. क्षुभ्ना-दि) rejoicing, gladdening ( cf. °दक), [MBh.]; [Var.]; [Pañc.]
नन्दन  m.  m. a son, [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. ( ifc. also °नक, [MBh.])
°दक   a frog ( cf.), [L.]
नन्दन  f.  m. a kind of poisonous plant, [Śuśr.] (also f. Sch.)
नन्दन  m.  m. a partic. form of temple, [Var.]
(in music) a kind of measure
N. of विष्णु or शिव, [MBh.]
of an attendant of स्कन्द, ib.
of a सिद्ध, [BhP.]
नन्द   of a, [Buddh.] deity, [Lalit.] ( v.l.)
(with जैनs) of the 7th of the 9 white बलs
of a mountain, [Pur.]
-भट्टाचार्य   of sev. authors (also and -मिश्र), [Cat.]

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भट्टाचार्य

of the 26th year in a Jupiter cycle of 60 years, [Var.]
नन्दन  n.  n. gladdening or gladness, [MBh.] a divine garden, ( esp.) इन्द्र's paradise, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
°दक    N. of a sword, [R.] ( cf.)
N. of a metre, [Col.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नन्दन [nandana] a.  a. [नन्द्-ल्यु] Delighting, pleasing, gladdening; [Ś.7;] सोऽयमद्य मकरन्दनन्दनो जीवलोकतिलकः प्रलीयते [Māl.9.21.]
नः A son; [Y.1.174;] [R.3.41.]
A frog.
An epithet of Viṣṇu.
 N. N. of Śiva.
 N. N. of twentysixth year (संवत्सर).
-ना   A daughter.
नम् N. of the garden of Indra, the Elysium; हन्त गच्छत भद्रं वो नन्दने पश्यत स्थितम् [Mb.3.142.59;] [R.8.95;] पुरीमवस्कन्द लुनीहि नन्दनं मुषाण रत्नानि हरामराङ्गनाः [Śi.1.51.]
Rejoicing, being glad.
joy. -Comp.
-जम्   yellow sandal-wood (हरिचन्दन).
-द्रुमः   a tree of the divine garden; अभिज्ञाश्छेदपातानां क्रियन्ते नन्दन- द्रुमाः [Ku.2.41;]
-वनम्   the divine grove (of Indra).

Shabda-Sagara

नन्दन  mfn.  ( -नः-ना-नं) Delighting, rejoicing, making pleased or happy. m. ( -नः)
1. A son.
2. A frog.
3. VISHṆU.
 n.  ( -नं) INDRA'S pleasure ground, elysium.
2. A species of the Dhritti metre.
 f.  ( -ना) A daughter.
E. नदि to be or make happy, affix ल्यु .

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नदि ल्यु .

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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