Caitra, Caitrā: 22 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCaitra (चैत्र):—(von citra und citrā)
1) adj. aus dem Citra oder Citrā genannten Baume verfertigt: dhvajaṃ caitraṃ divyamindīvarābham [Mahābhārata 7, 76.] —
2) m. a) Bez. eines Frühlingsmonats; der Monat, in welchem der Vollmond im Sternbilde Citrā steht, [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 23.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 15.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 348.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 153] (der 5te Monat). [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 420.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 37.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 24, 7, 2.] [LĀṬY. 9, 9, 8.] caitrapratipadi vasantārambhaḥ Citat aus der Smṛti beim Schol. zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 1, 1.] phālguṇacaitrau vasantaḥ [Suśruta 1, 20, 4.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 182.] [Mahābhārata 3, 5068. 13, 5154.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 19, 1.] caitre vicitrāḥ kṣapāḥ [Bhartṛhari 1, 35.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 82.] [Pañcatantra III, 36.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 259.] sa tu sauracāndrabhedena dvividhaḥ . tatra mīnarāśistharavikaḥ sauraḥ . mīnastharaviprārabdhaśuklapratipadādidarśāntaścāndraḥ . iti malamāsatattvam . [Śabdakalpadruma] — b) N. des 6ten Jahres beim Umlauf des Jupiters [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 8, 8.] — c) ein buddhistischer Bettler [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 24.] — d) ein gangharer Mannsname, der wie Cajus zur allgemeinen Bez. einer unbestimmten Person gebraucht wird, [GAUḌAP.] zu [SĀṂKHYAK. 5. 7.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft] [?VII, 310. Scholiast zu Prabodhacandrodaja 50, 11.] Hierher gehört wohl auch: caitro maitrātpūrvadeśe [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 3, 29,] [Scholiast] — e) metron. von Citrā, ein Sohn Budha's und Grossvater des Suratha [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher im Śabdakalpadruma] — caitrasya yajñasenasya [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 458.] — f) Nomen proprium eines der 7 VarṣaGebirge (varṣaparvata) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 26.] —
3) f. ī (mit oder ohne paurṇamāsī) Vollmondstag im Monat Caitra und das an demselben übliche Opfer [morgenländischen Gesellschaft IX, LXXIII.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 1, 4. 5.] [LĀṬY. 10, 5, 18.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 3, 13, 2.] caitrīpakṣa [LĀṬY. 10, 20, 2. -] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 23.] [Mahābhārata 12, 3691. 14, 2086.] —
4) n. a) Grabmal, = mṛtakacaitya [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = mṛta [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Tempel [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Medinīkoṣa] In den beiden letzten Bedd. wohl nur eine Verwechselung mit caitya .
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Caitra (चैत्र):—
1) die ed. Bomb. citraṃ, der [Scholiast] jaitraṃ . —
2) a) [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 19, 3.]
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Caitra (चैत्र):—
2) d) kaściccaitraḥ [Scholiast 2] zu [Prabodhacandrodaja 50, 11.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCaitra (चैत्र):——
1) m. — a) der zweite Frühlingsmonat. — b) das sechste Jahr beim Umlauf Jupiters. — c) *ein buddhistischer Bettler. — d) ein gangbarer Mannesname , der wie Cajus zu Bezeichnung einer unbestimmten Person gebraucht wird. — e) Metron. eines Sohnes des Buddha und eines Yajṅasena. — f) Nomen proprium — α) zweier Ṛṣi [Viṣṇupurāṇa 3,1,12.18.] — β) *eines Gebirges. —
2) f. ī (mit oder ohne paurṇamāsī) der Vollmondstag im Monat Caitra und das an demselben übliche Opfer. —
3) *n. — a) Grabmal. — b) Tempel. —
4) Adj. [Mahābhārata 7,76] fehlerhaft für citra oder jaitra.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 7.182 < [Section XIII - War]
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