Nandishvara, Nandīśvara, Nandi-svara, Nandisvarā, Nandi-ishvara, Namdishvara: 20 definitions

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Nandishvara has 18 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Nandīśvara can be transliterated into English as Nandisvara or Nandishvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Nandīśvara (नन्दीश्वर):—(nandi oder nandin + īśvara) m.

1) Beiname Śiva’s (Herr der Freude) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Mahābhārata 12, 10481. 13, 1189. 7103.] —

2) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge des Śiva, Nandin als Führer des Gefolges von Śiva, [Oxforder Handschriften 61,a, No. 105.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.4,2,20.] im Gefolge Kuvera's [Mahābhārata 2, 414.] nandīśvarotpatti [Oxforder Handschriften 44,b, Kapila 42.] purāṇa = nandipurāṇa ebend. [No. 137.] —

3) Nomen proprium einer heiligen Localität der Jaina [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 1, 344.] —

4) ein best. Tact, = nandīśa [Saṃgītadāmodara im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Nandīśvara (नन्दीश्वर):—

2) [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 16, 9.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 5, 17.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Nandīśvara (नन्दीश्वर):—m.

1) Beiname Śiva's. —

2) Nomen proprium — a) eines Wesens im Gefolge — α) Śiva's. — β) Kubera's. — b) einer Oertlichkeit. —

3) ein best. Tact.

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