Nashtajataka, Naṣṭajātaka, Nashta-jataka: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Naṣṭajātaka can be transliterated into English as Nastajataka or Nashtajataka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Naṣṭajātaka (नष्टजातक).—subsequent calculation of a lost nativity.

Derivable forms: naṣṭajātakam (नष्टजातकम्).

Naṣṭajātaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms naṣṭa and jātaka (जातक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Naṣṭajātaka (नष्टजातक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. Pheh. 8. Rādh. 34. 44. Oppert. 1261. 6015.

2) Naṣṭajātaka (नष्टजातक):—from the Jātakaratnākara of Harivaṃśa. Ulwar 1821.

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

1) Naṣṭajātaka (नष्टजातक):—[=naṣṭa-jātaka] [from naṣṭa > naś] n. ‘a lost nativity’, subsequent calculation of a l° n°, [Varāha-mihira]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work] (also -vidhāna, [Nalopākhyāna])

[Sanskrit to German]

Nashtajataka 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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