nāgaraka

Dictionary meanings for nāgaraka from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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nāgaraka

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [nagare bhavaḥ vuñ] 1 Town-bred, town-born.

2 Polite, courteous, courtly; nāgarikavṛttyā saṃ- jñāpayaināṃ Ś. 5; sādhu ārya nāgarikosi V. 2.

3 Clever, shrewd, cunning (vidagdha). kaḥ 1 A citizen.

2 A polite or courteous man, a gallant; one who shows exaggerated attention to his first mistress while he is courting some one else.

3 One who has con tracted the vices of a town.

4 A thief.

5 An artist....

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