Nantar: 3 definitions

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Nantar means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

India history and geography

Source: academia.edu: Minor Chiefs and "Hero" in Ancient Tamilakam

Nantar is a name related to the historical geography and rulers of ancient Tamil Nadu, occuring in Sangam literature such as the Akanāṉūṟu and the Puṟanāṉūṟu.—Notes: Nantaṉ 251, cf. the Śiśunāga-Nandas following mahājanapadas (c. 4th-3rd century BCE) in north India (Kalidos 2019, Rajarajan 2019a) overthrown by the Mōriyar/Mauryas (326 BCE) directed by [drāviḍācārya]-Cāṇakya (Bollée 2017: 14, Nanda p. 60), author of Arthaśāstra.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Nantar 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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