Navaka, Navaka-navaka, Nava-ka: 14 definitions
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Navaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Navak.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarynavaka : (m.) a new comer; a young person. (nt.), a group of nine.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNavaka, (adj. -n.) (Sk. navaka) young; a young man, a newly ordained bhikkhu (opp. thera), novice (cp. Divy 404) J. I, 33 (saṅgha°); PvA. 76 (id.).—frequent in compar. navakatara a younger one, or the youngest (opp. theratara) D. II, 154; J. I, 218; Miln. 24. (Page 348)
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)1) navaka—
(Burmese text): (က) ငယ်သော၊ သီတင်းငယ်ဖြစ်သော။ (ခ) အသစ်ဖြစ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): (a) Young, youthful. (b) New.
2) navaka—
(Burmese text): ၉-ခု အတိုင်းအရှည်ရှိသော၊ ၉-ခုအပေါင်းဖြစ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): Nine long, a total of nine.
3) navaka—
(Burmese text): ၉-ခုစီ ၉-ခုစီ ရှိသော။ နဝကနိပါတ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): It is a nine-fold, nine-fold. Look at the Nawa Kani Pat.
4) nāvaka—
(Burmese text): မြတ်သောလှေ။
(Auto-Translation): Precious boat.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynavakā (नवका).—a Commonly navakhā.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNavaka (नवक).—a. consisting of nine.
-kam The aggregate of nine.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNavaka (नवक).—i. e. I. nava + ka, adj. New, Vāsavad. 7, 3. Ii. navan + ka, 1. adj. Consisting of nine, Mahābhārata 3, 14389. 2. n. Nine, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 39, 24.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNavaka (नवक).—1. [adjective] = 1 nava.
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Navaka (नवक).—2. [adjective] consisting of nine; [neuter] the number nine.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Navaka (नवक):—[from nava] 1. navaka mf(ikā)n. new, fresh, young, [Vāsavadattā]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a novice, [Divyāvadāna]
3) [from nava] 2. navaka mfn. consisting of 9 [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] n. the aggregate of 9 [Varāha-mihira; Caraka etc.]
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNāvaka (नावक) [Also spelled navak]:—(nm) a sailor, boatman; deadly small arrow.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNavaka (ನವಕ):—[adjective] consisting of nine parts, ingredients, etc.
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Navaka (ನವಕ):—[noun] a set or group of nine things, items. etc.
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Navaka (ನವಕ):—
1) [noun] newness.
2) [noun] uniqueness.
3) [noun] an unacquainted man.
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 DictionaryNavaka (नवक):—n. a group of nine;
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: Nva, Navaka, Ka, Nava, Nu.
Starts with (+20): Navakabhava, Navakabhikkhu, Navakadalipatra, Navakaddhanayoggamahayotta, Navakalaka, Navakalevara, Navakalidasa, Navakalika, Navakalp, Navakalpa, Navakamatika, Navakambade, Navakambala, Navakamma, Navakammadana, Navakammadanakatha, Navakammadanatthana, Navakammadhitthayaka, Navakammadhitthayika, Navakammadiattha.
Full-text (+15): Pranavaka, Niccanavaka, Jivitindriyanavaka, Navakamatika, Jivitanavaka, Navak, Kantanavaka, Navakavannana, Jivita Navaka Kalapa, Arammananavaka, Apattinavaka, Nava, Pathamanavaka, Patipadanavaka, Navanavaka, Navakabhava, Khema Vagga, Sammappadhana Vagga, Sambodha Vagga, Satipatthana Vagga.
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A comparative clinical study to evaluate the effectiveness of tryushsanadhi guggulu and navaka guggulu in dyslipidemia < [2021, Issue 10, October]
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