analada

 In Sanskrit, "Analada" (अनलद) is a compound word meaning "quenching fire", often used to describe water or substances that extinguish heat or fire.

Etymology and Composition

The word "Analada" is a compound of "anala" (अ्नल), meaning

fire or heat, and "da" (द), meaning giver or remover. Thus, together

it conveys the sense of something that dispels or quenches

fire

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Usage in Sanskrit Literature

• Analada (अनलद) appears as an adjective describing water or other
• fire-extinguishing substances in texts like the Kirātārjunīya 
• (Book V, Verse 25) 

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• It is primarily used in the context of Hindu and Sanskrit literature
• to characterize elements that cool, pacify, or remove heat 

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• The word is also documented in Sanskrit dictionaries and lexicons,
• highlighting its grammatical usage as a descriptive compound 

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Transliteration in Indian Languages

• Hindi: अनलद
• Bengali: অনলদ
• Gujarati: અનલદ
• Kannada: ಅನಲದ
• Malayalam: അനലദ
• Telugu: అనలద 

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Summary

Analada is not a common everyday term but carries a specific poetic 

and classical sense, emphasizing the idea of quenching or

extinguishing fire. It can be applied literally to water or metaphorically

to anything that alleviates agitation, heat, anger, or

intensity 

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This meaning is firmly grounded in classical Sanskrit literature and 

dictionaries, making "analada" a precise term for contexts involving 

cooling, quenching, or pacification in poetic or religious texts.