Alternative spellings of this word include Narmasachiva.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Narma-saciva.—(EI 13), minister of amusement. Note: narma-saciva is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Narmasaciva (नर्मसचिव).—m. 'a pleasure-companion', an associate of the amusements of a prince or a man of rank; न नर्मसचिवैः सार्धं किञ्चिदप्य- प्रियं वदेत् (na narmasacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ kiñcidapya- priyaṃ vadet) Kām. इदं त्वैदंपर्यं यदुत नृपतेर्नर्मसचिवः सुतादाना- न्मित्रं भवतु (idaṃ tvaidaṃparyaṃ yaduta nṛpaternarmasacivaḥ sutādānā- nmitraṃ bhavatu) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2.7; तां याचते नरपतेर्नर्मसुहृन्नन्दनो नृपमुखेन (tāṃ yācate narapaternarmasuhṛnnandano nṛpamukhena) 1.11; Śiśupālavadha 1.59.

Derivable forms: narmasacivaḥ (नर्मसचिवः).

Narmasaciva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms narman and saciva (सचिव). See also (synonyms): narmasuhṛd.

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

Narmasaciva (नर्मसचिव).—m. a princes’s companion, whose business it is to amuse him by jokes, Kām. Nītis. 5, 20; a favourite, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 37, 4.

Narmasaciva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms narman and saciva (सचिव).

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

Narmasaciva (नर्मसचिव).—[masculine] = kāryāntarasaciva q.v.

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

Narmasaciva (नर्मसचिव):—[=narma-saciva] m. ‘amusement-companion’, promoter of the a° of a prince, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

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

Narmasaciva (नर्मसचिव):—[narma-saciva] (vaḥ) 1. m. Minister of pleasure to a prince.

[Sanskrit to German]

Narmasaciva 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Narmasaciva (ನರ್ಮಸಚಿವ):—[noun] a man who promotes amusements for a king or a man of rank, by keeping his company.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Narmasaciva (नर्मसचिव):—n. dated royal entertainer;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Narman, Narma, Saciva.

Full-text: Yauktika, Narmasuhrid, Narmasacivya, Narmasahaya, Narmasakha, Narmaschiv, Dhisaciva, Shringarasahaya, Narmada.

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