nandi-ghoṣa (8053)

nandi-ghoṣa
Entry 8053, Page 290, Col. 1

(nandiGoza, nandi-Goza)
(nandi-ghoṣa¦ [also nandī°, q.v.], some sort of bell or other sound-making instrument, normally referred to as attached to chariots; the word occurs in Skt. but is not rightly defined in BR, pw; not recorded in Pali; acc. to Ratnach., AMg. ṇandighosa = a sound produced by playing upon twelve kinds of instruments at once: this could scarcely fit nandīghoṣa Śikṣ 29.1 in ep. of umbrellas; and AMg. ṇandighosā is the bell of (a certain deity) acc. to Ratnach.; sa-n°, ep. of chariots: Mv ii.339.17, 19; 420.13; 456.11; iii.22.7 (°ṣālaṃkṛta); 178.13; 267.5; 449.20; read nandighoṣa-m-alaṃkṛtā Mv ii.487.16, of chariots.)