nū́tana mf(A)n. (fr. 1. nú, or nū́), belonging to ‘now’ or the present day, new, novel, recent, modern, young, fresh (opp. to pūrva, purāṇa &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.
(with vayas n. youth, juvenility, [Hcar.])
new i.e. curious, strange, [Bālar. vii, 69]; [Hit. ii, 168/169.]