Nagnaka, Nagnakā: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNagnaka (नग्नक):—(von nagna)
1) adj. proparox. nackt, unzüchtig [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 6, 21.] f. nagnikā ein nacktes Weib [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 17.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 534,] [Scholiast] Vgl. dvinagnaka . —
2) m. a) ein nackt einhergehender Bettelmönch, insbes. ein buddhistischer oder Jaina-Mönch [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 56.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 108.] [Pañcatantra 236, 4.] — b) Barde [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) f. nagnikā ein noch nicht menstruirendes (noch unbekleidet gehendes) Mädchen [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 8.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 510] (vgl. Schol.). [Medinīkoṣa] [Gṛhyasaṃgrahapariśiṣṭa 2, 27. 30.] triṃśadvarṣo daśavarṣaṃ (sic) bhāryāṃ vindeta nagnikām [Mahābhārata 13, 2417.] [DĀYABH. 273, 4.] avyañjanā bhavetkanyā kucahīnā ca nagnikā [Pañcatantra III, 213.]
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3) [GOBH. 3, 4, 2.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNagnaka (नग्नक):——
1) Adj. (f. nagnikā) nackt [Hemacandra's Pariśiṣṭaparvan 2,627.634.] unzüchtig. —
2) m. — a) ein nackt einhergehender Bettelmönch. — b) *Barde. —
3) f. nagnikā — a) *ein nacktes Weib. — b) ein noch nicht menstruirendes Mädchen.
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Ends with: Dvinagnaka.
Full-text: Dvinagnaka, Nagnika, Lagnika, Goranku, Nirgrantha, Nagna.
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