Gadhinandana, Gadhi-nandana, Gadhin-nandana, Gādhinandana: 5 definitions
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Gādhinandana (गाधिनन्दन).—an epithet of Viśvāmitra.
Derivable forms: gādhinandanaḥ (गाधिनन्दनः), gādhinandanaḥ (गाधिनन्दनः).
Gādhinandana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gādhi and nandana (नन्दन). See also (synonyms): gādhija, gādhiputra.
Gādhinandana (गाधिनन्दन).—[masculine] [particle] names of Viśvamitra.
Gādhinandana (गाधिनन्दन):—[=gādhi-nandana] [from gādhi > gā] m. = -ja, [Rāmāyaṇa i.]
Gādhinandana (गाधिनन्दन):—(gādhi + nandana) m. Gādhi’s Sohn, ein Beiname Viśvāmitra’s [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 850,] [Scholiast] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 56, 6. 14.]
Gādhinandana (गाधिनन्दन):—und gādhiputra m. Patron. Viśvāmitra's.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches (+0): Gadhin, Gadhi, Nandana.
Full-text (+0): Gadhisunu, Gadhiputra, Gadhija.
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