Naradatta, Naradattā, Nara-datta: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNaradatta (नरदत्त):—(nara + datta)
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Brahmanen, eines Neffen des Ṛṣi Asita, [Rgva tch’er rol pa 103. 110.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 248 (18). fg.] —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium einer Göttin, welche die Befehle des 20sten Arhant's der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī ausführt, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 46.] [Nalopākhyāna] pr. einer der 16 Vidyādevī [239.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNaradatta (नरदत्त):—Nomen proprium —
1) m. eines Brahmanen [Lalitavistarapurāṇa 115,13.13,10.fgg.] —
2) f. ā — a) einer Gottheit bei den Jaina. — b) einer Vidyādevī.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 10: Munisuvrata’s śāsanadevatās (messenger-deities) < [Chapter VII - Śrī Munisuvratanāthacaritra]
Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
The twenty-four Tīrthaṅkaras and their Yakṣas and Yakṣiṇīs < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
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Iconography of Jain Gods and Goddess < [Chapter 6]
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
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