नंदा

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।


Nandā  : f.: Name of a river.


A. Location: In the east (1. 207. 5; 3. 85. 3; 3. 91. 28), on the top of the mountain Kuṇḍoda (nandā ca girimūrdhani) 3. 85. 20-21; on the Hemakūṭa 3. 109. 1-2, i. e. on the Ṛṣabhakūṭa 3. 109. 7.


B. Description: One that destroys the fear of sin (pāpabhayāpahā) 3. 109. 1.


C. Epic events:

(1) During the term of exile Arjuna, while going to the east, saw the river Nandā among many other rivers 1. 207. 7;

(2) While in forest, Yudhiṣṭhira with his followers visited it 3. 109. 1; Lomaśa asked Yudhiṣṭhira to bathe with his brothers in the river Nandā (abhiṣekaṁ vai tasmāt kuru sahānujaḥ/tato nandāplutāṅgas tvam) and then proceed to the river Kauśikī; accordingly Yudhiṣṭhira and his followers (sagaṇaḥ) took bath in the Nandā 3. 109. 18-20.


D. Mythological event: Once gods visited the Nandā and the people rushed to see them; not wishing to be seen by the people Indra and other gods made the region inaccessible 3. 109. 11-12.


E. Reward:

(1) Bathing in the Nandā destroys sin instantly (sadyaḥ pāpmā nihanyate) 3. 109. 18;

(2) By visiting the Nandā even once (sakṛt nandāṁ samāsādya) the soul of a Brāhmaṇa is disciplined (kṛtātmā bhavati dvijaḥ) and, freed of sins, he goes to the world of Śakra 3. 82. 138;

(3) By visiting the Nandā one who is controlled (dāntaḥ) and who does not cause injury to others (ahiṁsakaḥ) is waited upon by the Apsarases in the Nandana 13. 26. 42.


F. Importance: Finds mention in the Daivata-Ṛṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 23, 2.


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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।


Nandā  : f.: Name of a river.


A. Location: In the east (1. 207. 5; 3. 85. 3; 3. 91. 28), on the top of the mountain Kuṇḍoda (nandā ca girimūrdhani) 3. 85. 20-21; on the Hemakūṭa 3. 109. 1-2, i. e. on the Ṛṣabhakūṭa 3. 109. 7.


B. Description: One that destroys the fear of sin (pāpabhayāpahā) 3. 109. 1.


C. Epic events:

(1) During the term of exile Arjuna, while going to the east, saw the river Nandā among many other rivers 1. 207. 7;

(2) While in forest, Yudhiṣṭhira with his followers visited it 3. 109. 1; Lomaśa asked Yudhiṣṭhira to bathe with his brothers in the river Nandā (abhiṣekaṁ vai tasmāt kuru sahānujaḥ/tato nandāplutāṅgas tvam) and then proceed to the river Kauśikī; accordingly Yudhiṣṭhira and his followers (sagaṇaḥ) took bath in the Nandā 3. 109. 18-20.


D. Mythological event: Once gods visited the Nandā and the people rushed to see them; not wishing to be seen by the people Indra and other gods made the region inaccessible 3. 109. 11-12.


E. Reward:

(1) Bathing in the Nandā destroys sin instantly (sadyaḥ pāpmā nihanyate) 3. 109. 18;

(2) By visiting the Nandā even once (sakṛt nandāṁ samāsādya) the soul of a Brāhmaṇa is disciplined (kṛtātmā bhavati dvijaḥ) and, freed of sins, he goes to the world of Śakra 3. 82. 138;

(3) By visiting the Nandā one who is controlled (dāntaḥ) and who does not cause injury to others (ahiṁsakaḥ) is waited upon by the Apsarases in the Nandana 13. 26. 42.


F. Importance: Finds mention in the Daivata-Ṛṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 23, 2.


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