Nakshatrapathaka, Nakṣatrapāṭhaka, Nakshatra-pathaka: 6 definitions
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Nakshatrapathaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Nakṣatrapāṭhaka can be transliterated into English as Naksatrapathaka or Nakshatrapathaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNakṣatrapāṭhaka (नक्षत्रपाठक).—an astrologer.
Derivable forms: nakṣatrapāṭhakaḥ (नक्षत्रपाठकः).
Nakṣatrapāṭhaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nakṣatra and pāṭhaka (पाठक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNakṣatrapāṭhaka (नक्षत्रपाठक).—m. an astrologer, [Cāṇakya] 88 in Berl. Monatsb.
Nakṣatrapāṭhaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nakṣatra and pāṭhaka (पाठक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNakṣatrapāṭhaka (नक्षत्रपाठक):—[=nakṣatra-pāṭhaka] [from nakṣatra > nakṣ] m. ‘star-reader’, astrologer, [Catalogue(s)]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNakṣatrapāṭhaka (ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಪಾಠಕ):—[noun] a man who is supposed to foretell the future by studying the stars; an astrologer.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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