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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Nandana : nt.: Name of Indra's celestial garden.
A. Relationship with deities:
(1) Mostly related to Indra 3. 44. 3; 3. 78. 3; 3. 164. 41; 5. 11. 9-10;
(2) Once with Aśvinau 14. 15. 4.
B. Description: Heavenly (divya) 3. 44. 3; garden of the gods (devodyāna) 3. 247. 8-9; holy (puṇya) 3. 247. 9; offering sporting grounds for the righteous (vihārāḥ puṇyakarmaṇām) 3. 247. 9; resorted to by the hosts of Apsarases (apsarogaṇasevita) 3. 44. 3; for the relationship of the Apsarases with the Nandanavana also cf. 1. 84. 17; 13. 26. 42; 13. 63. 17; house of the Gandharvas and the Apsarases (gandharvāṇām apsarasāṁ ca sadma) 13. 105. 23; liked by the king of the Kiṁnaras (kiṁnararājajuṣṭa) 13. 105. 23; liked by Nārada (priyaṁ vanaṁ nandanaṁ nāradasya) 13. 105. 23; full of flowers (supuṣpita) 13. 105. 23; the trees in the Nandana have a holy fragrance, are full of flowers and have pleasing forms (puṇyagandhān paśyann agān puṣpitāṁś cārurūpān) 1. 84. 17; as though inviting (the visitors) with trees having heavenly flowers (divyakusumair āhvayadbhir iva drumaiḥ) 3. 44. 3; it is cherished by those who are skilled in dancing and singing and who offer unsolicited company (ye nṛttagītakuśalā janāḥ sadā hy ayācamānāḥ sahitāś caranti/tathāvidhānām eṣa lokaḥ) 13. 105. 24; for the description of a forest which is compared with Nandana cf. 12. 163. 6-10.
C. Epic events:
(1) When Arjuna reached the Amarāvatī of Indra he saw there the Nandanavana 3. 44. 3;
(2) Mātali, on way to Indra's Amarāvatī, showed Nandana to Arjuna 3. 164. 41.
D. Past and mythological events:
(1) Aṣṭaka asked Yayāti why he fell down on earth from the Nandana where he had lived for an ayuta of centuries (saṁvatsarāṇām ayutaṁ śatānām) 1. 85. 1; Yayāti told him that he lived in the Nandana for an ayuta of centuries in the company of the Apsarases, but when his merit was exhausted (kṣīṇapuṇyaḥ) he fell down on earth from the Nandana 1. 84. 17, 19;
(2) When Nahuṣa became the king of heaven he sported in all the heavenly gardens and in the groves of the Nandana (devodyāneṣu sarveṣu nandanopavaneṣu ca) 5. 11. 9-10;
(3) The Devadūta while describing to Mudgala the heavenly worlds reached by the highly meritorious persons told him that there were in those worlds heavenly gardens, the Nandana and the rest; these offered sporting grounds to the righteous (nandanādīni puṇyāni vihārāḥ puṇyakarmaṇām) 3. 247. 9;
(4) Gautama wanted king Dhṛtarāṣṭra to give back to him his elephant for which he was offered in return stay in the Nandana (vanaṁ nandanam/…tatra tvāham hastinaṁ yātayiṣye) 13. 105. 23 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 13. 102. 14: yātayiṣye hastinaṁ svīyaṁ phalaṁ tvatto grahīṣya ity arthaḥ);
(5) The mother of Viśvarūpa approached to intercede on behalf of the Asuras her son who was in the Nandana garden (Viśvarūpa used to offer shares directly to gods but indirectly to Asuras) 12. 329. 19.
E. Mentioned as reward for meritorious acts:
(1) By resorting to the rivers Nandā and Mahānandā one who is controlled and causes no injury to others (dāntaḥ…ahiṁsakaḥ) is waited upon by the Apsarases in the Nandana 13. 26. 42;
(2) By giving as gift a bull and fragrant substances under the coustellation Citrā (citrāyām ṛṣabhaṁ dattvā puṇyān gandhāṁś ca) one enjoys stay in the Nandana 13. 63. 17;
(3) One who recites the ākhyāna of women's duties towards their husband (patidharma), narrated by Śāṇḍilī to Sumanā of the Kekayas, on every parvan day reaches the Devaloka (after death) and lives happily in the Nandana 13. 124. 22.
F. Similes:
(1) Forests and similar places compared with the Nandana: (i) King Duḥṣanta, when out for hunting, saw a garden like the Nandana 1. 63. 12; also 1. 64. 28; (ii) Brāhmaṇa Gautama reached a forest like the Nandana 12. 163. 7; (iii) The forest on the Gandhamādana mountain compared with the Nandana 3. 155. 36; (iv) Rāvaṇa kept Sītā near the garden of the Aśoka trees which was like the Nandana (nandanopame/aśokavanikābhyāśe) 3. 264. 41; (v) The Pāṇḍavas on seeing the region of the lotus pond (Nalinī) of Kubera were happy as are the Brahmanical seers when they come to live in the Nandana 3. 174. 10;
(2) Towns and similar places: (i) Nala, with Damayantī, lived in his town like Indra in his Nandana 3. 78. 3; (ii) When the war was over Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna enjoyed themseleves in different places as do the Aśvinau in the Nandana 14. 15. 4.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Nandana : nt.: Name of Indra's celestial garden.
A. Relationship with deities:
(1) Mostly related to Indra 3. 44. 3; 3. 78. 3; 3. 164. 41; 5. 11. 9-10;
(2) Once with Aśvinau 14. 15. 4.
B. Description: Heavenly (divya) 3. 44. 3; garden of the gods (devodyāna) 3. 247. 8-9; holy (puṇya) 3. 247. 9; offering sporting grounds for the righteous (vihārāḥ puṇyakarmaṇām) 3. 247. 9; resorted to by the hosts of Apsarases (apsarogaṇasevita) 3. 44. 3; for the relationship of the Apsarases with the Nandanavana also cf. 1. 84. 17; 13. 26. 42; 13. 63. 17; house of the Gandharvas and the Apsarases (gandharvāṇām apsarasāṁ ca sadma) 13. 105. 23; liked by the king of the Kiṁnaras (kiṁnararājajuṣṭa) 13. 105. 23; liked by Nārada (priyaṁ vanaṁ nandanaṁ nāradasya) 13. 105. 23; full of flowers (supuṣpita) 13. 105. 23; the trees in the Nandana have a holy fragrance, are full of flowers and have pleasing forms (puṇyagandhān paśyann agān puṣpitāṁś cārurūpān) 1. 84. 17; as though inviting (the visitors) with trees having heavenly flowers (divyakusumair āhvayadbhir iva drumaiḥ) 3. 44. 3; it is cherished by those who are skilled in dancing and singing and who offer unsolicited company (ye nṛttagītakuśalā janāḥ sadā hy ayācamānāḥ sahitāś caranti/tathāvidhānām eṣa lokaḥ) 13. 105. 24; for the description of a forest which is compared with Nandana cf. 12. 163. 6-10.
C. Epic events:
(1) When Arjuna reached the Amarāvatī of Indra he saw there the Nandanavana 3. 44. 3;
(2) Mātali, on way to Indra's Amarāvatī, showed Nandana to Arjuna 3. 164. 41.
D. Past and mythological events:
(1) Aṣṭaka asked Yayāti why he fell down on earth from the Nandana where he had lived for an ayuta of centuries (saṁvatsarāṇām ayutaṁ śatānām) 1. 85. 1; Yayāti told him that he lived in the Nandana for an ayuta of centuries in the company of the Apsarases, but when his merit was exhausted (kṣīṇapuṇyaḥ) he fell down on earth from the Nandana 1. 84. 17, 19;
(2) When Nahuṣa became the king of heaven he sported in all the heavenly gardens and in the groves of the Nandana (devodyāneṣu sarveṣu nandanopavaneṣu ca) 5. 11. 9-10;
(3) The Devadūta while describing to Mudgala the heavenly worlds reached by the highly meritorious persons told him that there were in those worlds heavenly gardens, the Nandana and the rest; these offered sporting grounds to the righteous (nandanādīni puṇyāni vihārāḥ puṇyakarmaṇām) 3. 247. 9;
(4) Gautama wanted king Dhṛtarāṣṭra to give back to him his elephant for which he was offered in return stay in the Nandana (vanaṁ nandanam/…tatra tvāham hastinaṁ yātayiṣye) 13. 105. 23 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 13. 102. 14: yātayiṣye hastinaṁ svīyaṁ phalaṁ tvatto grahīṣya ity arthaḥ);
(5) The mother of Viśvarūpa approached to intercede on behalf of the Asuras her son who was in the Nandana garden (Viśvarūpa used to offer shares directly to gods but indirectly to Asuras) 12. 329. 19.
E. Mentioned as reward for meritorious acts:
(1) By resorting to the rivers Nandā and Mahānandā one who is controlled and causes no injury to others (dāntaḥ…ahiṁsakaḥ) is waited upon by the Apsarases in the Nandana 13. 26. 42;
(2) By giving as gift a bull and fragrant substances under the coustellation Citrā (citrāyām ṛṣabhaṁ dattvā puṇyān gandhāṁś ca) one enjoys stay in the Nandana 13. 63. 17;
(3) One who recites the ākhyāna of women's duties towards their husband (patidharma), narrated by Śāṇḍilī to Sumanā of the Kekayas, on every parvan day reaches the Devaloka (after death) and lives happily in the Nandana 13. 124. 22.
F. Similes:
(1) Forests and similar places compared with the Nandana: (i) King Duḥṣanta, when out for hunting, saw a garden like the Nandana 1. 63. 12; also 1. 64. 28; (ii) Brāhmaṇa Gautama reached a forest like the Nandana 12. 163. 7; (iii) The forest on the Gandhamādana mountain compared with the Nandana 3. 155. 36; (iv) Rāvaṇa kept Sītā near the garden of the Aśoka trees which was like the Nandana (nandanopame/aśokavanikābhyāśe) 3. 264. 41; (v) The Pāṇḍavas on seeing the region of the lotus pond (Nalinī) of Kubera were happy as are the Brahmanical seers when they come to live in the Nandana 3. 174. 10;
(2) Towns and similar places: (i) Nala, with Damayantī, lived in his town like Indra in his Nandana 3. 78. 3; (ii) When the war was over Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna enjoyed themseleves in different places as do the Aśvinau in the Nandana 14. 15. 4.
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