मन्दाकिनी

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

Ākāśa Gaṅgā.
MANDĀKINĪ I   A maid who fell in love with Bhartṛhari. (See under Bhartṛhari).
MANDĀKINĪ II   A river which flows near the mountain of Citrakūṭa. If one bathes in this river one will have to one's credit the benefit of performing one Aśvamedha yajña. If one lives there bathing in that river daily, one will become possessed of Rājalakṣmī (wealth and majesty of a King). [Śloka 29, Chapter 25, Anuśāsana Parva] .
MANDĀKINĪ III   A river celebrated in the Purāṇas, taking its source from the chain of Kedāra mountains in Uttarā khaṇḍa. It is also known as Mandāgni and Kālīgaṅgā. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 89, Verse 34] .
MANDĀKINĪ IV   Kubera's park. Since this park is watered by Gaṅgā, it acquired the name Mandākinī. [M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 19, Verse 82] .
MANDĀKINĪ VI   One of the two wives of Viśravas, son of Pulastya. A son, Kubera was born to her by the blessing of Śiva. [Padma Purāṇa, Pātāla Khaṇḍa] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : गंगा नदी, मंदाकिनी, आकाशगंगा, मंदाकिनी, मंदाकिनी

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : आकाशगङ्गा

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मन्दाकिनी  f.  f. ( fr. मन्द + 2. अञ्च्) ‘going or streaming slowly’, N. of an arm of the Ganges (flowing down through the valley of केदार-नाथ in the हिमालयs) and of other rivers, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
( esp.) the heavenly Ganges, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
another river in heaven, [BhP.]
N. of a metre, [Chandom.]
(in astron.) N. of a partic. conjunction.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मन्दाकिनी [mandākinī]   [मन्दमकति अक्-णिनि]
The river Ganges; मन्दाकिनी भाति नगोपकण्ठे मुक्तावली कण्ठगतेव भूमेः [R.13.48;] [Ku.1.29.]
The river of heaven, celestial Ganges (मन्दाकिनी वियद्गङ्गा); मन्दाकिन्याः सलिलशिशिरैः सेव्यमाना मरुद्भिः [Me.69.]

Shabda-Sagara

मन्दाकिनी  f.  ( -नी)
1. The Ganges of heaven.
2. A species of the Jagatī. metre.
E. मन्द slowly, अक् to go, aff. णिनि, fem. form.

ROOTS:

मन्द अक् णिनि

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

noun  वर्णवृत्तविशेषः।   Ex. मन्दाकिन्याः प्रत्येकस्मिन् चरणे क्रमेण द्वौ नगणौ द्वौ रगणौ च भवतः।

ONTOLOGY:

कला (Art) ➜ अमूर्त (Abstract) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

pan ਮੰਦਾਕਿਨੀ

noun  गङ्गायाः एका साहायिका नदी।   Ex. मन्दाकिनी हिमालयात् उद्भूता लघ्वी नदी अस्ति।

ONTOLOGY:

भौतिक स्थान (Physical Place) ➜ स्थान (Place) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

kan ಮಂದಾಕಿನಿ

kas مَنٛداکنی

kok मंदाकिनी

mal മന്ദാകിനി

mar मंदाकिनी

ori ମନ୍ଦାକିନୀ

tam மந்தாகினி

urd منداکنی

noun  स्वर्गे वर्तमाना गङ्गायाः धारा।   Ex. पूर्वजान् त्रातुं भगीरथेन तपस्यां कृत्वा मन्दाकिनी पृथिव्याम् आनीता।

ONTOLOGY:

काल्पनिक स्थान (Imaginary Place) ➜ स्थान (Place) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

आकाशगङ्गा स्वर्गनदी नभोनदी दिव्यसरिता सुरनदी वियद्गङ्गा स्वर्नदी सुरदीर्घिका स्वर्णपद्मा सुरेश्वरी

Wordnet:

ben মন্দাকিনী

guj મંદાકિની

hin मंदाकिनी

kan ಮಂದಾಕಿನಿ

kas مَنٛداکِنی

mal ആകാശഗംഗ

mar आकाशगंगा

ori ମନ୍ଦାକିନୀ

pan ਮੰਦਾਕਨੀ

tam மந்தாகினி

tel మందాకినీ

urd آکاش گنگا , کہکشاں

noun  वृत्तविशेषः ।   Ex. मन्दाकिन्याः उल्लेखः छन्दोमञ्जर्यां वर्तते
See : गङ्गा