maunday mattaram

English translation: Vanday mAtaram - Mother/Motherland, I praise/adore/greet you/pay homage to you

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Hindi term or phrase:maunday mattaram
English translation:Vanday mAtaram - Mother/Motherland, I praise/adore/greet you/pay homage to you
Entered by: punzelle

06:16 Jul 14, 2007
Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Hindi term or phrase: maunday mattaram
another song in 'K3G'
punzelle
Vanday mAtaram - Mother/Motherland, I praise/adore/greet you/pay homage to you
Explanation:
Actually, the word is vanday and not maunday.

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Note added at 18 mins (2007-07-14 06:35:30 GMT)
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It also means:

Hail to the mother(land)

Vande Mataram (Sanskrit: वन्दे मातरम् Vande Mātaram, Bengali: Bônde Matorom) is the national song of India, distinct from the national anthem of India "Jana Gana Mana". The song was composed by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay in a mixture of Bengali and Sanskrit.
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Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 00:13
Grading comment
Dhonyavad! I will listen to it more carefully on my next screening of K3G - Susan
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4 +6Vanday mAtaram - Mother/Motherland, I praise/adore/greet you/pay homage to you
Rajan Chopra


  

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Vanday mAtaram - Mother/Motherland, I praise/adore/greet you/pay homage to you


Explanation:
Actually, the word is vanday and not maunday.

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Note added at 18 mins (2007-07-14 06:35:30 GMT)
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It also means:

Hail to the mother(land)

Vande Mataram (Sanskrit: वन्दे मातरम् Vande Mātaram, Bengali: Bônde Matorom) is the national song of India, distinct from the national anthem of India "Jana Gana Mana". The song was composed by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay in a mixture of Bengali and Sanskrit.

Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 00:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Dhonyavad! I will listen to it more carefully on my next screening of K3G - Susan

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Narasimhan Raghavan: Incidentally the music to this was set by Rabindranath Tagore, author of Jana Gana Mana
11 mins

agree  Anil Goyal
1 hr

agree  chaman4723: Both the above meanings and connotations are absolutely true.Since nasal sound following immediately v makes it sound like m to non Indian ear the confusion between vande and maunday is understandable.
2 hrs

agree  keshab
6 hrs

agree  georgina singh
6 hrs

agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: yes, but... the author is Bankimchandra *Chatterjee* not Chattopadhyay
8 hrs
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