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नंदिन् (naMdin)

 
Apte 1890
English
नंदिन् a. [नंद्-णिनि] 1 Happy, pleased, glad, delighted.
2 Making happy, gladdening, giving delight
U. 3. 14.
3 Delighting in, liking.
m. 1 A son.
2 The speaker of a prelude or benediction in a drama.
3 N. of the door-keeper of Śiva, his chief attendant, or of the bull which he rides
लतागृहद्वारगतोऽथ नंदी Ku. 3. 41
Māl. 1. 1.
4 An epithet of Viṣṇu.
5 The Indian figtree.
नी 1 A daughter
U. 1. 9.
2 A husband's sister
3 A fabulous cow, daughter of Surabhi, yielding all desires (कामधेनु) and in the possession of the sage Vasiṣṭha
अनिंद्या नंदिनी नाम धेनुराववृते वनात् R. 1. 82, 2. 69.
4 An epithet of the Ganges.
5 The holy basil.
L R Vaidya
English
naMdin {% (I) a. (f. नी) %} 1. Happy, delighted
2. making happy, gladdening.
naMdin {% (II) m. %} 1. A son
2. the speaker of a prelude or benediction in a drama
3. name of the door-keeper of Śiva, लतागृहद्वारगतोऽथ नंदी K.S.iii.41.