Nagarakirtana, Nagarakīrtana, Nagara-kirtana: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNagarakīrtana (नगरकीर्तन).—repeating the name of a god while wandering through a city.
Derivable forms: nagarakīrtanam (नगरकीर्तनम्).
Nagarakīrtana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nagara and kīrtana (कीर्तन).
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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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.23.294 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Verse 2.23.149 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Verse 2.23.113 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Shri Gaudiya Kanthahara (by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati)