वन्दिन् m. 1 A panegyrist, bard, an encomiast, a herald; घर्मच्छेदात्पटु- तरगिरो वंदिनो नीलकंठाः V. 4. 4; (the bards form a distinct caste sprung from a Kṣatriya father and a Śūdra mother). 2 A captive, prisoner.