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Nanda was the foster-father of Krishna. He also helped to raise Balarama. Nanda, identified as King Nanda in many scriptures [17] was a kinsman and a great friend of Vasudeva. [18] The fact that King Nanda and King Vasudeva were second cousins is confirmed both by the Bhagavata Purana, Book 10, and the Mahabharata. [19] [20] [21]
Ānanda is a Sanskrit word regarded as a verbal noun nanda prefixed with ā. ā indicates the place where the verbal action occurs; for example, āsrama, where one toils, ārama, where one enjoys oneself, ākara, where things are scattered, etc.
This led him to gain the epithet Videhamuni (Sanskrit: Vaidehamuni), meaning 'the silent wise one from Videha'. [13] When Ānanda did become ordained, his father had him ordain in Kapilavatthu in the Nigrodhārāma monastery (Sanskrit: Niyagrodhārāma ) with much ceremony, Ānanda's preceptor (Pali: upajjhāya ; Sanskrit: upādhyāya ) being a ...
The Nanda Empire was a vast empire that governed in Magadha and Gangetic plains with an enormous geographical reach in 4th-century BCE northeastern India, ...
Saccidānanda (Sanskrit: सच्चिदानन्द; also Sat-cit-ānanda [1]) is an epithet and description for the subjective experience of the ultimate ...
Chanakya asked Rakshasa to become the Principal Amatya (Maha Amatya) of the Mauryan empire and to serve the kingdom with the same diligence and faithfulness he showed during the Nanda rule. [13] Rakshasa was initially reluctant to do so. Chanakya convinced Rakshasa to become the Maha Amatya as he would be an extraordinary royal advisor. [14]
Nanda is an Indian surname. It is found among the Khatris of Punjab and Brahmins of Odisha. [1] Notable people bearing the surname, who may or may not be associated ...
Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), according to the Buddhist text Mahabodhivamsa, was the last Nanda king of Magadha. Chandragupta Maurya raised an army that eventually conquered the Nanda capital Pataliputra and defeated him. This defeat marked the fall of the Nanda Empire and the birth of the Maurya Empire.