Nandi

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English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit नन्दि (nandi).

Noun

Nandi (plural Nandis)

  1. (Hindu mythology) The name of a bull used as a mount by the god Shiva, or a representation of this bull. [from 19th c.]
    • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 3:
      The Shiva temple […] had the requisite ten or twelve steps, a platform, and a Nandi.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Kalenjin.

Noun

Template:en-plural noun

  1. A subgroup of the Kalenjin ethnic group of East Africa, traditionally living in the highland areas of the Nandi Hills in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. [from 20th c.]

Proper noun

Nandi

  1. The Nilotic language spoken by this group.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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