As a deity name
Name 746 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 379 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the speaker of a prologue (cf. nāndin, )
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nandine" is the dative of "nandin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "nandine" is the dative of "nandi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
nandin mfn. (initial n cannot be cerebralized g. kṣubhnādi) rejoicing, gladdening (ifc.), MBh.; Kāv.
delighting in, liking, ib.
nandi m. ‘the happy one’, N. of Viṣṇu, MBh.
of Śiva, ib.
Caveats
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