Nataraja

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Nataraja

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

Translations

dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva

• Arabic: نَاتَارَاجَا (nātārājā)
• Bengali: নটরাজ (bn) (noṭoraj)
• Gujarati: નટરાજ (naṭrāj)
• Hindi: नटराज (hi) m (naṭrāj)
• Hungarian: Natarádzsa (hu)
• Latvian: Nataradža
• Lithuanian: Nataradža
• Macedonian: Натараџа (Nataradža)
• Marathi: नटराज (naṭrāj)
• Persian: ناتاراجا (nâtârâjâ)
• Polish: Nataradźa
• Portuguese: Shiva Nataraja m
• Russian: Натараджа (ru) (Nataradža)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Натараџа m

  Roman: Nataradža m

• Spanish: Nataraja
• Tamil: நடராசர் (naṭarācar)
• Telugu: నటరాజు (te) (naṭarāju)
• Thai: ศิวนาฏราช (sìwá nâatrâat)
• Ukrainian: Натараджа (Nataradža)
• Urdu: نٹ‌راج m (naṭ-rāj)