nAradaH [ narasya Darmo nAraM, tat dadAti dA-ka ] N. of a celebrated Devarṣi (deified saint or divine sage). [He is one of the ten mind-born sons of Brahmā, being supposed to have sprung from his thigh. He is represented as a messenger from the gods to men and vice versa , and as being very fond of promoting discords among gods and men; hence his epithet of Kalipriya . He is said to have been the inventor of the lute or V ina . He is also the author of a code of laws which goes by his name].