nanda (m)
Meanings
- (in mus.) a flute 7 inches long
- a son
- delight
- happiness
- joy
- name of a king of Pāṭaliputra and founder of a dynasty consisting of 9 successive princes
- name of a leader of the Sātvatas
- name of a mountain
- name of a Nāga
- name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- name of a son of Śūra and Bhojā
- name of an attendant on Dakṣa
- name of one of Kubera's 9 gems
- name of one of Skanda's attendants
- name of one of Yudhiṣṭhira's 2 drums
- name of several scholars and authors
- name of the number 9 (because of the 9 Nandas)
- name of Vishnu
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