Catra, Catrā, Cātra: 5 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chatra.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCatra (चत्र):—s. cātra .
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Cātra (चात्र):—n.
1) Spindel [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 15.] [GOBH. 2, 7, 7.] —
2) die Spindel, welche bei der Erzeugung des heiligen Feuers gebraucht wird. In die Spindel wird der pramantha fest eingefügt und auf eine Kerbe in der unteren araṇi aufgesetzt; wird die Spindel mittelst eines um sie geschlungenen Seiles, an dessen Enden abwechselnd gezogen wird, in rasche Bewegung versetzt, so entsteht durch die Reibung Feuer. [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi] [S. 363. 366. 356.] Oefters die var. l. catra .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCatra (चत्र):—n. = cattra.
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Cātra (चात्र):—= cātra.
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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Starts with: Catrappa.
Ends with: Annacatra, Dharmacatra, Pacatra, Vacatra.
Full-text (+12): Caturyya, Caturya, Cannaram, Nihkshatra, Ceshtitavya, Atvara, Upahridaya, Aprasiddha, Avasiti, Nidarshana, Mantra, Aukthya, Apaghata, Apurvarthatva, Ashtadashapurana, Parihara, Nishkraya, Khadyota, Gup, Apasalavi.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.4.2 < [Part 4 - Parenthood (vātsalya-rasa)]
Verse 2.1.315 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Verse 3.4.44 < [Part 4 - Parenthood (vātsalya-rasa)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.8.34 < [Chapter 8 - Description of Seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa]
Verse 2.2.9 < [Chapter 2 - Description of Girirāja Govardhana’s Birth]
Verse 6.1.9 < [Chapter 1 - Jarāsandha’s Defeat]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.14.70 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Verse 3.2.8 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (2): Dravya-samuddeśa (On Substance)]
Verse 3.3.17 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (3): Sambandha-samuddeśa (On Relation)]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.415 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 1.97-98 < [Book 1 - Śīkṣāvallī]
Verse 2.589 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.5.54 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]