Nanda
Nanda
Nanda is a name used for more than one being and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Nanda: the gopa chief of Gokula and husband of Yaśodā, who raised Śrī Kṛshṇa and Balarāma as his own sons; in a former birth he was Droṇa, chief of the Vasus. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 30, 59; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapter 8; Skandha 2, Chapter 7; Skandha 3, Chapter 2; Skandha 6, Chapter 6; Skandha 9, Chapter 24; Skandha 10, Chapters 1–3, 5–8, 11, 14–17, 21–22, 24–26, 28, 30, 34–39, 41–47, 65, 82, 84; Skandha 12, Chapter 12
- Nandā, A Nāginī: the daughter of the Nāga king Kapotaka of Pātāla, who gave refuge to Bahulā, the wife of King Uttama, in the Uttama manvantara. Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, Chapters 66–70
Named in passing
- Nanda, the pārshada of Śrī Hari: one of the chief attendants of Śrī Hari in Vaikuṇṭha, named with Sunanda, who came with the vimāna to take Dhruva to Vaikuṇṭha, told on Vishṇu. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 2, Chapter 9; Skandha 4, Chapters 8–12; Skandha 10, Chapter 39
- Nanda, the mountain: one of the seven mountains of Krauñca-dvīpa, told on Krauñca Dvīpa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 20
- Nandā, the river of Kailāsa: the river that flows all around Kailāsa, made exceedingly holy because Satī Devī bathed in it; with the Alakanandā it flows outside Alakāpura, holy from the dust of Bhagavān Śiva‘s lotus feet, told on Kailāsa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 4, Chapter 6
- Nandā, the river of Śālmali Dvīpa: one of the seven rivers of Śālmali Dvīpa, told on Śālmali Dvīpa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 20