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- Sanskrit · derived fromनटराज
- English todayNataraja
From Sanskrit नटराज (naṭarāja), from नर्त (narta, “dancing”) + राजन् (rājan, “king”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva, who performs his divine dance as a part of his activities of creation and destruction. Full definition →
From Sanskrit नटराज (naṭarāja), from नर्त (narta, “dancing”) + राजन् (rājan, “king”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.