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Nataraja name meaning
“lord of dance”
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 4●●●●
- First letter
- N
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Devanagari scriptनटराज
- Tamil scriptநடராசர்
- Malayalam scriptനടരാജൻ
- Telugu scriptనటరాజు
Nataraja is a Sanskrit-origin male name meaning 'lord of dance', a title of the god Shiva.
What does Nataraja mean?
About the name Nataraja
Nataraja comes from Sanskrit naṭarāja, a compound of naṭa and rāja. It is a title of the god Shiva as Lord of Dance. It is written நடராசர் in Tamil and നടരാജൻ in Malayalam.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Na-ta-ra-ja |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with N |
| Devanagari script | नटराज |
|---|---|
| Tamil script | நடராசர் |
| Malayalam script | നടരാജൻ |
| Telugu script | నటరాజు |
Sources
- Wiktionary: नटराज · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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