n. " rādhā-'s forest", a wood near the town go-kula- in the district of mathurā- on the left bank of the Jumna (celebrated as the place where kṛṣṇa- in the character of go-pāla-, or cowherd, passed his youth, associating with the cowherds and milkmaids employed in tending the cattle grazing in the forest) etc.
वृन्दा 1 The holy basil. -2 N. of Rādhikā; राधा- षोडशनाम्नां च वृन्दा नाम श्रुतौ श्रुतम् Brav. P. -3 N. of a forest near Gokula. -Comp. -अरण्यम्, वनम् 1 N. of a forest near Gokula; वृन्दारण्ये वसतिधुना केवलं दुःखहेतुः Pad. D.38, 41; R.6.5; वृन्दा यत्र तपस्तेपे तत्तु वृन्दावनं स्मृतम् । वृन्दया$त्र कृता क्रीडा तेन वा मुनिपुङ्गव ॥ Brav. P. -2 a raised mound of earth to plant and preserve the holy basil. -वनी the holy basil.
noun (feminine) name of Rādhā (Kṛṣṇa's mistress) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the wife of Jalaṃdhara (daughter of king Kedāra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sacred basil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a chief (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a god (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the leader of a crowd or herd (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective being at the head (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
eminent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
most beautiful of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a raised platform or mound of earth on which the worshippers of Kṛṣṇa plant and preserve the Tulasī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a wood near the town Gokula in the district of Mathurā on the left bank of the Jumnā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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