Nanda may refer to:
Indian history and religion
- Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE
- Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire
- Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ruler of the Nanda dynasty
- Nanda (Buddhist nun), half-sister of Siddhartha Gautama, who became Gautama Buddha
- Nanda (half-brother of Buddha) or Sundarananda
- Nanda (Hinduism), a character in Hindu mythology, foster-father of the deity Krishna
Other people
- Nanda (surname), an Indian surname
- Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998), acting prime minister of India (1964, 1966)
- Nanda (actress) (1939–2014), Indian film actress
- Nanda Bayin (1535–1600), king of Burma (r. 1581–99)
- Nanda people, an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia
Other uses
- Nanda (film), a 2009 Indian Kannada film
- NANDA International, formerly the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
- Nanda, Maharashtra, a town in India
- Nanjing University or Nanda, in Jiangsu, China
See also
- Nandha, a 2001 Indian Tamil film
- Fernanda, a feminine given name
- Nanda ministry (disambiguation)
- Nand (disambiguation)
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