Nakshatraraja, Nakṣatrarāja, Nakshatra-raja: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nakṣatrarāja can be transliterated into English as Naksatraraja or Nakshatraraja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNakṣatrarāja (नक्षत्रराज):—(na + rāja) m. König der Sterne [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 128, 4.] der Mond [Mahābhārata 12, 1024.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 18, 17.] Nomen proprium eines Bodhisattva [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 2.] vikrīḍita die Spiele des Mondes, Bez. einer Meditation ebend. [253.] saṃkusumitābhijña Nomen proprium eines Bodhisattva [242.] kamaladalavimalanakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña Nomen proprium eines Buddha [253.] prabhāvabhāsagarbha Nomen proprium eines Bodhisattva [DAŚABHŪM. 2.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNakṣatrarāja (नक्षत्रराज):—m. —
1) König der Sterne Av. —
2) der Mond. —
3) Nomen proprium eines Bodhisattva.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Nakshatra, Raja.
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