Nagnataka, Nagnāṭaka, Nagna-ataka: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNagnāṭaka (नग्नाटक).—
1) one who goes about naked.
2) especially a Jaina or Buddhist mendicant (of the digambara class).
Derivable forms: nagnāṭakaḥ (नग्नाटकः).
Nagnāṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nagna and aṭaka (अटक). See also (synonyms): nagnāṭa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNagnāṭaka (नग्नाटक):—[from nagna > naj] m. a n° wanderer, ([especially]) a, [Buddhist literature] or, [Jaina literature] mendicant, [Rājataraṅgiṇī; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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: Ataka, Nagna.
Full-text: Nagnata.
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