English Explanatory Dictionary

Nataraja

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva, who performs his divine dance as a part of his activities of creation and destruction.

Word forms

Nataraja Natraj

Etymology

From Sanskrit नटराज (naṭarāja), from नर्त (narta, “dancing”) + राजन् (rājan, “king”).

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