نارد

नारद nārad, s.m. Name of a Devarshi or Rishi among the gods (he is regarded as one of the four sons of Brahmā, and one of the ten principal and original munisor rishis, the friend of Krishn, a celebrated legislator, and the inventor of the vīṇāor lute;—he is also said to have occasioned frequent quarrels among the gods by tale-bearing); (hence) one who makes quarrels; one who is fond of altercation, a disputant;—a wicked boy (in the language of women):—nārad-purān, s.m. Name of a Purāṇ:—nārad-munī, s.m. The saint Nārad.