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ñātakā

Ñātaka

= naṭa Vin.iv.285 ; Mil.331 ; Pv-a.3 ■ f. naṭikā DN-a.i.239 . Sk. naṭaka

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1. Naṭaka

= naṭa Vin.iv.285; Mil.331; Pv-a.3
f. naṭikā DN-a.i.239.

Sk. naṭaka

2. Nāṭaka

  1. (m.) a dancer, actor, player Ja.i.206; Ja.v.373; Dhp-a.iii.88; Dhp-a.iv.59, Dhp-a.iv.130; nāṭakitthi a dancing-girl, nautch-girl Dhp-a.iii.166; Vv-a.131.
  2. (nt.) a play, pantomime Ja.i.59; Ja.v.279, also used coll. = dancing-woman Ja.i.59 (?), Ja.ii.395.

Sk. nāṭaka; see naccati

3. Ñātaka

a relation, relative, kinsman Vin.ii.194; MN.ii.67; Dhp.43; Snp.263 (= Kp-a.140 ñāyante amhākaṃ ime ti ñātakā), Snp.296, Snp.579; Pv.ii.1#4 (Minayeff, but Hardy ˚ika); Pv-a.19, Pv-a.21, Pv-a.31, Pv-a.62, Pv-a.69; DN-a.i.90.

for *ñātika from ñāti

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