वंशनर्तिन् (vaMzanartin)

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Capeller Eng

English

 वंशनर्ति॑न् m.
  juggler,  buffoon (lit.   family-dancer).

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 वंश—नर्ति॑न् m.
  ‘family-dancer’,  a buffoon,  VS.
 

Apte Hindi

Hindi

वंशनर्तिन्
पुं*
  वंशः-नर्तिन् -
"नट,  मसखरा"

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L R Vaidya

English

 vaMSa-nartin {% m. %} a buffoon.

Vedic Reference

English

 Vaṃśa-nartin is mentioned as one of the victims at the
Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda.^1 A ‘pole-
dancer’ or ‘acrobat’ seems to be meant.
1) Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā,  xxx. 21
 Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa,  iii. 4,  17,  1. Cf.
Zimmer,  Altindisches Leben,  290.

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