# नाद (nāda)

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नाद (nāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning a loud sound, roaring, or crying, any sound or tone, a praiser, a loud sound, cry, roaring, or tone in general, one who praises, sound in general. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Loud or intense sound, Mystical symbol / Nasal sound, A praiser.

- **Root:** नद् (nad)
- **Etymology:** E. नद् to sound, affix घञ् । — E. nad to sound, affix ghañ
- **SLP1:** `nAda`  **IAST:** nāda  **Devanagari:** नाद
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/nada/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Loud or intense sound (6 definitions)
- a loud sound, roaring, or crying  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 534,3] नाद (nāda) m. (√ नद् (nad) ) a loud sound, roaring, bellowing, crying, Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=105475 ]
- din, roar, cry, sound, or nasal sound  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नाद (nāda) [Printed book page 138-3 ] नाद (nāda) nād-á, m. din, roar; cry; sound; nasal sound represented by a semicircle; -i, a. roaring; -ita, cs. pp. (√nad); n. noise, cry; -in, a. sounding aloud; —°, sounding or roaring like, resounding with. [ ID=10449 ]
- 1. A loud sound, cry, or roar. 2. Sound in general. 3. A nasal sound in yoga philosophy.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नाद (nāda) [Printed book page 374-09 ] नाद (nāda) m. 1. A loud sound, cry, roaring, R. xii.79; 2. a sound in general; 3. the nasal sound represented by a semicircle (???) (in Yoga Phil.). [ ID=19181 ]
- 1. Roaring. 2. Sound or cry. 3. A semicircle representing the nasal sound.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नाद (nāda) [Printed book page 0465-a ] नाद (nāda) nāda, i. e. nad + a, m. 1. Roar- ing, Rām. 4, 29, 12. 2. Sound, cry, MBh. 4, 1885; 14, 2694. 3. A semi- circle representing the nasal sound, Bhāg. P. 7, 15, 53. — Comp. Bhima-, m. a lion. Mahā-, m. 1. a loud cry. 2. an elephant, 3. a lion. 4. a camel. 5. the ear. Megha-, m. 1. Varuṇa. 2. a son of Varuṇa. Siṃha-, m. war cry, Pañc. 5, 4 (signifying principal). [ ID=7311 ]
- any loud sound, cry, roar, or noise  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नाद (nāda) [Printed book page 266 ] नाद (nāda) m. loud sound, cry, roaring, thunder, sound or noise i.g. [ ID=16127 ]
- 1. A loud sound, cry, roaring, or tone in general. 2. In Yoga, the nasal sound represented by a semicircle used as a mystical abbreviation. 3. One who praises.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > नाद (nāda) [Printed book page 0476-c ] नाद (nāda) nāda, as, m. (fr. rt. nad ), a loud sound, cry, sounding, roaring, bellowing, crying, a sound or tone in general, (sometimes at the end of an adj. comp., e. g. dāruṇa-nāda, as, ā, am, sounding dreadfully); (in the Yoga) the nasal sound represented by a semicircle and used as an abbre- viation or hieroglyphic in mystical words; one who praises. —Nāda-tā, f. the quality of sounding. Page0477-a+ 73 —Nāda-purāṇa, am, n., N. of a Purāṇa treating of musical sounds. —Nāda-vat, ān, atī, at, pro- nounced with sound (as letters), sonant. —Nāda- vindūpaniṣad (°du-up°), t, f., N. of an Upa- niṣad. [ ID=24089 ]

### Mystical symbol / Nasal sound (4 definitions)
- in yoga, the nasal sound represented by a semicircle and used as an abbreviation in mystical words  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in the Yoga) the nasal sound represented by a semicircle and used as an abbreviation in mystical words, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=105477 ]
- 1. Sound in general. 2. A semicircle used as a mystical symbol.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नाद (nāda) [Printed book page 460 ] नाद (nāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) 1 Sound in general. 2 A semicircle, used especially as an abbreviation or hieroglyphic in mystical works. E. नद (nada) to sound, affix घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=21397 ]
- 1. Sound in general. 2. A mystical semicircle.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नाद (nāda) [Printed book page 411-a ] नाद (nāda) ( दः ) ((daḥ)) 1. m. Sound in general; a mystical semicircle. [ ID=20884 ]
- 1. Sound in general. 2. A semicircle used as a mystical symbol.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नाद (nāda) [Printed book page 384-a ] नाद (nāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) 1. Sound in general. 2. A semicircle, used especially as an abbreviation or hieroglyphic in mystical works. E. नद् (nad) to sound, affix घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=21383 ]

### A praiser (1 definition)
- a praiser  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a praiser (= स्तोतृ (stotṛ) ), Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) iii, 16. [ ID=105478 ]

### Proper Noun: Name of a Sage (1 definition)
- a sage of the Cakshusha epoch  
  *The Purana Index*
  > नाद (nāda) [Printed book page 2-222 ] Nāda — a sage of the Cākṣuṣa epoch. M. 9. 22. [ ID=7035 ]

### Sound in general (1 definition)
- any sound or tone  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > any sound or tone, Prātiśākhya (Literary category); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) &c. (= शब्द (śabda), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ) [ ID=105476 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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