Kalananda

Kalananda is a compound word within the Hindu mythology consisting of Kāla and Nanda.

Kāla and Nanda

Kāla (pronounced with a long final vowel a) is also the name of the Goddess of fine arts, and one-sixteenth of the moon. Kāla is also a sanskrit word for "time".

Nanda (Sanskrit: नंद) or Nandagopa was, according to the texts of the Harivamsha and the Puranas, the head of the gopas (a tribe of cowherds referred as Holy Gwals). On the night of Krishna's appearance or birth, Vasudeva (Krishna's father) brought Krishna to Nanda for Krishna's childhood years. Nanda brought up both Krishna and Balarama. Nanda was married to Yasoda. Krishna derives his name Nandanandana (meaning son of Nanda) from him.