Naganayaka, Nāganāyaka, Naga-nayaka: 5 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Naganayaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nāganāyaka (नागनायक).—the constellation called Āśleṣā.

-kaḥ the lord of serpents; अनन्तो वासुकिः पद्मो महापद्मोऽपि नक्षकः । कर्कोटः कुलिकः शङ्ख इत्यष्टौ नागनायकाः (ananto vāsukiḥ padmo mahāpadmo'pi nakṣakaḥ | karkoṭaḥ kulikaḥ śaṅkha ityaṣṭau nāganāyakāḥ) || Trikāṇdaśeṣa.

Derivable forms: nāganāyakam (नागनायकम्).

Nāganāyaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nāga and nāyaka (नायक). See also (synonyms): nāganakṣatra.

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

Nāganāyaka (नागनायक).—[masculine] leader or king of the serpents.

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

Nāganāyaka (नागनायक):—[=nāga-nāyaka] [from nāga] m. serpent-chief, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

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Naganayaka in German

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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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