"नान्दी" meaning in Sanskrit

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Noun

IPA: /nɑːn.diː/ [Vedic], /n̪ɑːn̪.d̪iː/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Vṛddhi derivative of नन्दि (nandi), from the root नन्द् (nand, “to rejoice”). Etymology templates: {{vrd|sa|नन्दि}} Vṛddhi derivative of नन्दि (nandi) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f}} नान्दी • (nāndī) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f}} Forms: nāndī [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], नान्दी [nominative, singular], नान्द्यौ [dual, nominative], नान्दी1 [dual, nominative], नान्द्यः [nominative, plural], नान्दीः1 [nominative, plural], नान्दीम् [accusative, singular], नान्द्यौ [accusative, dual], नान्दी1 [accusative, dual], नान्दीः [accusative, plural], नान्द्या [instrumental, singular], नान्दीभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], नान्दीभिः [instrumental, plural], नान्द्यै [dative, singular], नान्दीभ्याम् [dative, dual], नान्दीभ्यः [dative, plural], नान्द्याः [ablative, singular], नान्द्यै2 [ablative, singular], नान्दीभ्याम् [ablative, dual], नान्दीभ्यः [ablative, plural], नान्द्याः [genitive, singular], नान्द्यै2 [genitive, singular], नान्द्योः [dual, genitive], नान्दीनाम् [genitive, plural], नान्द्याम् [locative, singular], नान्द्योः [dual, locative], नान्दीषु [locative, plural], नान्दि [singular, vocative], नान्द्यौ [dual, vocative], नान्दी1 [dual, vocative], नान्द्यः [plural, vocative], नान्दीः1 [plural, vocative]
  1. joy, pleasure
    Sense id: en-नान्दी-sa-noun-GVaaDAmj
  2. praise to a god, especially as a prologue to a drama (Mṛcch., Kālid., Sāh., Pratāp., etc.)
    Sense id: en-नान्दी-sa-noun-rK3D4Bx7
  3. (music) a particular musical measure
    Sense id: en-नान्दी-sa-noun-wcQAWN6Q Categories (other): Music, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations, Sanskrit vrddhi derivatives Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 19 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 33 64 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 3 39 58 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 4 36 60 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 4 35 61 Disambiguation of Sanskrit vrddhi derivatives: 6 20 74 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
     
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sanskrit dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (8b3c49c and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.