Nagaraja, Nāgarāja, Naga-raja, Nāgarājā: 19 definitions
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Nagaraja has 17 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Naagraj.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNāgarāja (नागराज):—(1. nāga + rāja) m.
1) dass. [Nalopākhyāna 14, 25. 20, 28.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 209.] [SOM. NAL. 113.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 235.] adhastānnāgarājāya (d. i. śeṣāya) somāyordhvaṃ diśaṃ dadau [Harivaṃśa 14337.] —
2) ein König unter den Elephanten, ein grosser Elephant [Mahābhārata 4, 1679. 5, 3561. 7, 9242. 8, 1618.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNāgarāja (नागराज):—m. —
1) dass. —
2) ein Fürst unter den Elephanten , ein grosser , stattlicher E.
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Starts with: Nagarajadhara, Nagarajakeshava, Nagarajalaya, Nagarajan, Nagarajana, Nagarajanataka, Nagarajapaddhati, Nagarajaparshad, Nagarajasana, Nagarajashataka, Nagarajay, Nagarajaya.
Ends with: Anavataptanagaraja, Ganganagaraja, Mahanagaraja, Pannagaraja, Sitanagaraja.
Full-text (+149): Nakhaka, Nanda, Nardana, Nagarajanataka, Nagarajapaddhati, Nagarajashataka, Baladeva, Sagaranagarajaparipriccha, Citraksha, Amratirtha, Sagaraparipriccha, Tidha, Nagarajaya, Upananda, Ganganagaraja, Sagarapala, Nagarajay, Bhavashataka, Buddhika, Svarapuranjaya.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Recollection of the Buddha (2): The miracles of his birth < [Part 2 - The Eight Recollections according to the Abhidharma]
Appendix 2 - Ahicchatra (capital of northern Pañcala, present Ramnagar) < [Chapter V - Rājagṛha]
Appendix 1 - Story of the nāga-king Elapatra < [Chapter XL - The Four Fearlessnesses and the Four Unobstructed Knowledges]
Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) (by W. R. S. Ralston)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.16.202 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]
Verse 1.16.248 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]
Verse 2.18.159 < [Chapter 18 - Mahāprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopī]
Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
Vidurapaṇḍita Jātaka < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
The Nāga motif < [Chapter 5 - Impact of Amarāvatī Art]
Mahāpaduma Jātaka < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 2.3 - Genesis of Sāhitya-vidyā (literart criticism) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 7.19 - Poetic conventions regarding to the Nāga and Sarpa < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 6.1b - Anyayoni (1): Pratibimbakalpa < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]