Nataraja
Nataraja proper noun: the dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva, who performs his divine dance as a part of his activities of creation and destruction.
Proper noun
Nataraja
Nataraja meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Nataraja in Hindi
- dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva
- नटराज naṭrāj
Nataraja in Tamil
- dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva
- நடராசர் naṭarācar
Nataraja in Marathi
- dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva
- नटराज naṭrāj
Nataraja in Urdu
- dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva
- نٹراج naṭ-rāj
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- Nataraja in Bengali
- নটরাজ noṭoraj
- Nataraja in Telugu
- నటరాజు naṭarāju
- Nataraja in Gujarati
- નટરાજ naṭrāj
- Nataraja in Arabic
- نَاتَارَاجَا nātārājā
- Nataraja in Persian
- ناتاراجا nâtârâjâ
- Nataraja in Thai
- ศิวนาฏราช sìwá nâatrâat
Forms of Nataraja
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Origin of Nataraja
From Sanskrit नटराज (naṭarāja), from नर्त (narta, “dancing”) + राजन् (rājan, “king”).
Questions about Nataraja
- What does Nataraja mean?
- Nataraja means the dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva, who performs his divine dance as a part of his activities of creation and destruction.
- What is Nataraja in Hindi?
- Nataraja in Hindi is नटराज (naṭrāj). See Nataraja meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Nataraja?
- Nataraja is a proper noun.
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