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