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nataraja

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
natara-ja
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Natraj (alternative)

Questions

What does nataraja mean?
The dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva, who performs his divine dance as a part of his activities of creation and destruction.
Where does nataraja come from?
From Sanskrit नटराज (naṭarāja), from नर्त (narta, “dancing”) + राजन् (rājan, “king”).

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