nāgaraka

[apte] 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....