As a deity name
Name 24 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 470 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 491 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 717 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
नन्दा · nandā · s.f.
Happiness, joy; prosperity (i.q. nand) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1155
Cited formation "नन्दा" is नन्द + -आ: नन्द means "Happiness, pleasure, joy, felicity, prosperity (i.q. ānand, the more com. form)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "नन्दा" is नन्दना + -आ: नन्दना means "A daughter (lit. 'rejoicer of the mother')", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "नन्दा" is नन्द + -आ: नन्द means "Happiness, pleasure, joy, felicity, prosperity (i.q. ānand, the more com. form)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Delight, Felicity (personified as wife of Harṣa; cf. nandi)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nandā" is the feminine form of "nanda" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
nandā (ā), f. Delight, Felicity (personified as wife of Harṣa; cf. nandi), MBh. i, 2597
prosperity, happiness, L.
a small earthen water-jar (also ˚dikā), L.
a husband's sister (cf. nanāndṛ), L.
N. of the 3 auspicious Tithis (1st, 6th, and 11th day of the fortnight), VarBṛS. ic, 2 (also ˚dikā, L.)
nanda m. joy, delight, happiness (also pl.), AV.; VS. &c.
(in mus.) a flute 7 inches long
Alternative readings
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