As a deity name
Name 23 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 3 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
नन्दिनी · nandinī · s.f.
A daughter (i.q. nandanā) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1156
नंदिनी · feminine
a female given name, Nandini, from Sanskrit; an epithet of Durga
नंदिनी · feminine
daughter
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नन्दिनी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नन्दिनी (nandinī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nandinī f. a daughter, MBh. &c.
a husband's sister (= nanāndṛ), L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a daughter, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nandinī" is the vocative dual of "nandi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "nandinī" is the feminine form of "nandin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
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Dictionary citations
nandinī f. a daughter, MBh. &c.
a husband's sister (= nanāndṛ), L.
N. of Durgā, MatsyaP.
of Gaṅgā, L.
of the river Bāṇa-nāśā, BrahmaP.
nandi m. ‘the happy one’, N. of Viṣṇu, MBh.
of Śiva, ib.
nandin mfn. (initial n cannot be cerebralized g. kṣubhnādi) rejoicing, gladdening (ifc.), MBh.; Kāv.
delighting in, liking, ib.
Alternative readings
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