Caitya, Chaitya: 24 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCaitya (चैत्य):—1. (von 5. cit oder 2. citi) m. die individuelle Seele [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 26, 61. 70. 28, 28. 31, 19.]
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Caitya (चैत्य):—2. (von citā)
1) adj. was auf den Scheiterhaufen, auf das Grab Bezug hat u.s.w.: yūpa [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3, 6.] [Gṛhyasaṃgrahapariśiṣṭa 2, 14.] —
2) m. n. Grabmal, Todtenmal; Tempel, Heiligthum; ein als Todtenmal dienender Feigenbaum u.s.w., ein an geheiligter Stätte stehender Feigenbaum u.s.w. (vgl. caityataru, druma, vṛkṣa). [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 12.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 151. 228.] yatra yūpā maṇimayāścaityāścāpi hiraṇmayāḥ . śobhārthaṃ vihitāstatra na tu dṛṣṭāntataḥ kṛtāḥ .. [Mahābhārata 2, 69. 74.] caityayūpāṅkitā bhūmiḥ [1, 223.] akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī vibabhau caityamālinī [12, 914.] citacaityo mahātejāḥ [3, 10460.] alpāvaśeṣā pṛthivī caityairāsīt [10303.] āsīnaṃ caityamadhye [495.] sa caityo rājasiṃhasya saṃcitaḥ kuśalairdvijaiḥ . garuḍo rukmapakṣo vai triguṇo ṣṭādaśātmakaḥ .. [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 13, 30.] yebhyaḥ praṇamase putra caityeṣvāyataneṣu ca [2, 25, 4.] caityānyāyatanāni ca [56, 29.] sahasrapādamāsādya taccaityamadhirūḍhavān [5, 38, 25.] caityaprāsāda [27.] aśokavanikāyām apaśyadavidūrasthaṃ prāsādaṃ caityamuttamam . dhṛtaṃ stambhasahasreṇa [17, 20.] [Suśruta 1, 107, 19. 367, 1.] niviḍacaityabrahmaghoṣaiḥ [Mṛcchakaṭikā 159, 3.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 28 u.s.w.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 103.] eko vṛkṣo hi yo grāme bhavetparṇaphalānvitaḥ . caityo bhavati nirjñātirarcanīyaḥ supūjitaḥ .. [Hiḍimbavadha 1, 40.] caityānāṃ sarvathā tyājyamapi pattrasya pātanam [Mahābhārata 12, 2637.] arcitaṃ sarvalokānāṃ saskandhaviṭapaṃ drumam . nāgahetoḥ suparṇena caityamunmūlitaṃ yathā .. [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 18, 23.] anekaśākhaścaityaśca nipapāta mahītale [Harivaṃśa 9876.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 25, 16. 5, 24, 9.] Ueber den Unterschied zwischen caitya und stūpa bei den Buddhisten s. [Burnouf 74. 348. 630.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 266.] Nach den Lexicographen: n. = āyatana [Amarakoṣa 2, 2, 6.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 311.] [Medinīkoṣa y. 21.] = devakulaṃ vinā mukham [Hārāvalī 198.] = citācūḍaka [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 62.] = vihāra = jinasadman [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 994.] = jinaukas (lies caityaṃ st. cityaṃ) und tadvimbam (Statue des Jina) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 358.] = buddhavipra [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 311.] = buddhavedya [Medinīkoṣa] Statt vipra und vedya ist wohl vimba zu lesen, welche Lesart der Verfasser des [Śabdakalpadruma] vor sich gehabt hat. Fälschlich macht er daraus zwei Bedeutungen (buddha und vimba) und lässt das Wort in diesen beiden Bedd. masc. sein. m. = devataru [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 4, 2.] = uddeśakavṛkṣa [3, 3, 311.] = uddeśyapādapa [Medinīkoṣa] = jinasabhātaru und uddeśavṛkṣa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] Vgl. grāmacaitya . —
3) m. Nomen proprium eines Berges (s. caityaka) [Mahābhārata 2, 814.]
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Caitya (चैत्य):—1. [SARVADARŚANAS. 20, 9. fg.]
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Caitya (चैत्य):—2.
2) śākyādipraṇītacaityavandana [Oxforder Handschriften 264,a,30.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCaitya (चैत्य):—1. m. die individuelle Seele.
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Caitya (चैत्य):—2. —
1) auf den Scheiterhaufen — , auf das Grab Bezug habend. —
2) m. n. Grabmal , Todtenmal ; Tempel , Heiligthum ein als Todtenmal dienender Feigenbaum u.s.w. ein an geheiligter Stätte stehender Feigenbaum u.s.w. caityārtham so v.a. als Object der Verehrung , als Reliquie [Lalitavistarapurāṇa 336,16.337,7.] —
3) m. Nomen proprium eines Berges.
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Starts with (+4): Caitya-patta, Caitya-shaila, Caityadru, Caityadruma, Caityageha, Caityagni, Caityagriha, Caityaka, Caityaka-shaila, Caityalaya, Caityamandira, Caityamukha, Caityapala, Caityapurusha, Caityasailah, Caityasthana, Caityataru, Caityavandana, Caityavant, Caityavasa.
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