Is found in several passages of the Rigveda, but its sense is still obscure. It is identified by Pischel with Nada, being explained by him in one passage as a reed boat, which is split, and over which the waters go; in another4 as a reed whip, of which the sharp points (karηa) are used to urge horses on; and in others again as figuratively designating the penis. Roth takes the sense to be ‘ bull ’ (either literally or meta-phorically) in all passages. Once at least the ‘ neigher ’ (from the root nadf ‘sound’) seems to be meant with reference to Indra’s horse. In the phrase nadasya karnaih8 the sense is, perhaps, ‘ through the ears of the (side) horse ’ (that is, by their being ready to hear the word of command) of their chariot, the Maruts ‘ hasten On with their swift steeds ’ (turayanta āśubhih).
noun (masculine) a river (if thought of as male) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a roarer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bellower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
crier (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
neigher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thunderer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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