Mahananda
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Mahananda is a sandhi
or word agglutinate in Sanskrit
and several other Indo-Aryan languages
meaning "great happiness", "great bliss", or someone who has achieved such a state. Once a common given name in India, this name is now widely considered archaic. Both the male form (IAST
: mahānanda, məɦɑnən̪d̪ə in Sanskrit, mɔɦɑnɔn̪d̪o in Bengali), and the female form (IAST: mahānandā, [məɦɑnən̪d̪ɑ] in Sanskrit, [mɔɦɑnɔn̪d̪ɑ] in Bengali) are spelt in the same fashion in colloquial English transliteration.
Mahānanda as a proper noun can refer to:
Mahānandā as a proper noun can refer to:
Sandhi
Sandhi is a cover term for a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries . Examples include the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words...
or word agglutinate in Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
and several other Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan languages
The Indo-Aryan languages constitutes a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family...
meaning "great happiness", "great bliss", or someone who has achieved such a state. Once a common given name in India, this name is now widely considered archaic. Both the male form (IAST
IAST
The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration is a transliteration scheme that allows a lossless romanization of Indic scripts as employed by the Sanskrit language.-Popularity:...
: mahānanda, məɦɑnən̪d̪ə in Sanskrit, mɔɦɑnɔn̪d̪o in Bengali), and the female form (IAST: mahānandā, [məɦɑnən̪d̪ɑ] in Sanskrit, [mɔɦɑnɔn̪d̪ɑ] in Bengali) are spelt in the same fashion in colloquial English transliteration.
Mahānanda as a proper noun can refer to:
- Mahananda SapkotaMahananda SapkotaMahananda Sapkota was a Nepalese social worker, etymologist, linguist, and poet. He received several national awards for his contributions to poetry. His social work focused on education and social awareness particularly in eastern Nepal...
- a NepaleseNepali peopleNepali people can refer to:*People of Nepal*Ethnic Nepalis of Indian citizenry residing in Gorkhaland area of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and other parts of India.* Indian Gorkhas*Lhotshampas of Bhutan.*Nepali diaspora the world over....
social worker
Mahānandā as a proper noun can refer to:
- Mahananda RiverMahananda RiverThe Mahananda River is a trans-boundary river that flows through the Indian states of West Bengal and Bihar, and Bangladesh. Right bank tributary Mechi forms part of Nepal's eastern boundary with West Bengal and the Kankai crosses out of Nepal.-Course:...
- a tributary of the Ganges, which flows through the IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of West BengalWest BengalWest Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, and the country of BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south... - Mahananda Wildlife SanctuaryMahananda Wildlife SanctuaryMahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the foothills of the Himalayas, between the Teesta and Mahananda rivers.-Location and History:Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. It comes under Darjeeling Wildlife division and can be reached from...
- a protected wildlife sanctuaryWildlife sanctuaries of IndiaIndia has over 441 animal sanctuaries, referred to as Wildlife Sanctuaries . Among these, the 28 Tiger Reserves are governed by Project Tiger, and are of special significance in the conservation of the tiger. Some wildlife sanctuaries are specifically named Bird Sanctuary, eg. Keoladeo National...
in West BengalWest BengalWest Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP... - Mahananda - a 2001 film by Manik Das, recipient of the National Film Award for Best Non-feature Film on Family WelfareNational Film Award for Best Non-feature Film on Family WelfareThe National Film Award - Best Non-feature Family Welfare Film winners:-See also:*National Film Awards...
- Mahananda - the largest supplier of milk in the Indian state of MaharashtraMaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, a state-backed co-operative - Sati Mahananda - a 1933 B&W, mythological HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
film directed by Baburao PatelBaburao PatelBaburao Patel was a publisher and writer.-Biography:Baburao was born to an affluent family in the Konkan area of Maharashtra. Patel was married three times, and for some time he was married to two women at once, which was legal in India then. Amongst his wives, most prominent was writer, actress,...
, remade in 1940 as a TamilTamil languageTamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
film - Mahananda - a 1939 TeluguTelugu languageTelugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
film directed by China Kameswara Rao Dronamraju