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nandana

mf(A)n. (the initial n is not changeable to ṇ, g. kṣubhnādi) rejoicing, gladdening (cf. °daka), [MBh.]; [Var.]; [Pañc.]


m. a son, [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (ifc. also °naka, [MBh.])


a frog (cf. °daka), [L.]


m. a kind of poisonous plant, [Śuśr.] (also f. Sch.)


m. a partic. form of temple, [Var.]


(in music) a kind of measure


N. of Viṣṇu or Śiva, [MBh.]


of an attendant of Skanda, [ib.]


of a Siddha, [BhP.]


of a Buddh. deity, [Lalit.] (v.l. nanda)


(with Jainas) of the 7th of the 9 white Balas


of a mountain, [Pur.]


of sev. authors (also -bhaṭṭācārya and -miśra), [Cat.]


of the 26th year in a Jupiter cycle of 60 years, [Var.]


n. gladdening or gladness, [MBh.] a divine garden, (esp.) Indra's paradise, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.


N. of a sword, [R.] (cf. °daka)


N. of a metre, [Col.]