The Sanskrit terms Nanāndṛ and Nanandṛ can be transliterated into English as Nanandr or Nanandri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Nanāndṛ (ननान्दृ) is a word occurring only once in the Rigveda, where it denotes, according to Sāyaṇa, the ‘husband’s sister’, over whom the wife is to rule. This interpretation is confirmed by the fact that the same position is ascribed to the husband’s sister—no doubt while unmarried and living in her brother’s care—by the Aitareya-brāhmaṇa.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nanandṛ (ननन्दृ) or Nanāndṛ (ननान्दृ).—

1) A husband's sister; ननान्दुः पत्या च देव्याः संदिष्टमृष्यशृङ्गेण (nanānduḥ patyā ca devyāḥ saṃdiṣṭamṛṣyaśṛṅgeṇa) Uttararāmacarita 1.

2) A wife's sister; पितृभ्रातृ- सुहृज्ज्ञातीन् हित्वा सोरतसोहृदाः । ननान्दृश्यालसंवादा दीनाः स्त्रैणाः कलौ नराः (pitṛbhrātṛ- suhṛjjñātīn hitvā soratasohṛdāḥ | nanāndṛśyālasaṃvādā dīnāḥ straiṇāḥ kalau narāḥ) Bhāgavata 12.3.37.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nanandṛ (ननन्दृ).—f.

(-ndā) A husband’s sister. E. na negative, nanda to please, ṛt Unadi affix; also the penultimate being made long, nanāndṛ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nanāndṛ (ननान्दृ).—[feminine] the husband’s sister.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nanandṛ (ननन्दृ):—([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) or nanāndṛ ([Ṛg-veda x, 85, 46]) f. a husband’s sister.

2) Nanāndṛ (ननान्दृ):—([Ṛg-veda x, 85, 46]) or nanandṛ ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) f. a husband’s sister.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nanandṛ (ननन्दृ):—(ndā) 4. f. A husband’s sister.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nanāndṛ (ननान्दृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇaṇaṃdā.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nanāṃdṛ (ನನಾಂದೃ):—[noun] one’s husbanḍs sister; a sister-in-law.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Nanandripati.

Ends with: Yatananandri.

Full-text: Nanandripati, Nananda, Nanandra, Yatananandri, Nanandar, Nananduhpati, Nattun, Nandini, Nanda.

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