Nagadhiraja, Nagādhirāja, Naga-adhiraja: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNagādhirāja (नगाधिराज).—
1) Himālaya (the lord of mountains); रश्मिष्विवादाय नगेन्द्रसक्तां निवर्तयामास नृपस्य दृष्टिम् (raśmiṣvivādāya nagendrasaktāṃ nivartayāmāsa nṛpasya dṛṣṭim) R.2.28.
2) the Sumeru mountain.
Derivable forms: nagādhirājaḥ (नगाधिराजः).
Nagādhirāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms naga and adhirāja (अधिराज). See also (synonyms): nagādhipa, nagendra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nagādhirāja (नगाधिराज):—[from na-ga] m. idem, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) Nāgādhirāja (नागाधिराज):—[from nāga] m. the king of the elephants, [Vikramorvaśī]
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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: Adhiraja, Naga.
Full-text: Nagadhipa, Himalaya, Adhiraj, Nicaya, Nagendra, Alaya, Naga, Shatrunjaya, Nama.
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