The Sanskrit term Nabhaścara can be transliterated into English as Nabhascara or Nabhashcara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nabhashchara.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nabhaścara (नभश्चर).—a. moving in the sky; निकामतप्ता विविधेन वह्निना नभश्चरेणेन्धनसंभृतेन सा (nikāmataptā vividhena vahninā nabhaścareṇendhanasaṃbhṛtena sā) Kumārasambhava 5.23. (-raḥ) 1 a god or demi-god; नभश्चरैर्गीतयशाः स लेभे (nabhaścarairgītayaśāḥ sa lebhe) R.18.6.

2) a bird.

Nabhaścara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nabhas and cara (चर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nabhaścara (नभश्चर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) going in the air or heaven. m.

(-raḥ) 1. A bird. 2. A Vidyad'hara or demi-god so called. 3. A cloud. 4. Air, wind. E. nabhas heaven, and cara who goes.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nabhaścara (नभश्चर).—i. e. nabhas -cara, I. adj. Moving in the sky, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 45. Ii. m. A deity, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 18, 5.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nabhaścara (नभश्चर).—[adjective] moving in the sky; [masculine] a god or Vidyādhara ([feminine] ī).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nabhaścara (नभश्चर):—[=nabhaś-cara] [from nabhaś > nabh] mf(ī)n. ‘sky-going’, aerial, celestial, [Kāvya literature]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a god, [Raghuvaṃśa]

3) [v.s. ...] a Vidyādhara, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

4) [v.s. ...] a bird, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a cloud, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] the wind, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nabhaścara (नभश्चर):—[nabha-ścara] (raḥ) 1. m. A bird; a demigod; cloud; air, wind.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nabhashcara in German

context information

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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nabhaścara (नभश्चर):—(nm) see [nabhacara] (under [nabha]).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nabhaścara (ನಭಶ್ಚರ):—[noun] he or that which moves in the sky as a god, bird, aeroplane, etc.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nabhas, Nabha, Cara.

Full-text: Nabhashcali, Prakashana.

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