Vicitra, Vicitrā: 38 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVicitra (विचित्र):—(2. vi + citra)
1) adj. (f. ā) Accent eines mit vi anlautenden comp., dessen zweites Glied ein adj. ist, gaṇa vispaṣṭādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 24.] a) vielfarbig, bunt, schillernd: mālyābharaṇaiḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 2114.] veṣābharaṇāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 9, 22. 2, 39, 17.] vālukajala [55, 31. 91, 21.] rukmavinduvicitrābhyāṃ carmabhyām [100, 21. 3, 49, 3. 61, 11.] [Spr. 2207.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3, 39. 12, 11. 24, 14. 43, 57. 64, 1. 2.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 258. 278.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 6, 12. 2, 1, 36. 3, 23, 14.] — b) verschiedlich, mannichfaltig, verschiedenartig: surāpānasya niṣkṛtiḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 98.] vicitrāyudhapāṇayaḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 12092.] vanāni [16743.] vicitrārthapada (ākhyāna) [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 4, 28 (3, 72 Gorresio). 2, 95, 3. 7, 20,12. ] [Spr. 731. 1253 (II).] saṃsāra [?1623 (II). Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 113. Spr. 3276. 3359. 4990. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 7, 17. 3, 1, 37. 7, 24. 18, 19. 22, 20. 26, 5. 4, 14, 21. 7, 1, 10. Sāhityadarpana 100. Nīlakaṇṭha 114.] vicitrādhyāya [Oxforder Handschriften 325,a,31.] vicitram adv.: upakūjitā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 2, 4.] vicitravikṛtānanāḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 46, 201.] vicitrakṛtrimāṇi [PAÑCAR. 2, 1, 24.] nānāvicitrakṛtamaṇḍana [Caurapañcāśikā 19.] — c) seltsam, absonderlich, wunderbar: atyadbhutamidaṃ tvadya vicitramābhāti me [Mahābhārata 3, 12029.] vastuśaktayaḥ [Spr. 238 (II). 1019.] kimatra vicitram [Gītagovinda.8,8.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 49,241.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.5,261.] [Sāhityadarpana 722.] [Oxforder Handschriften 250,a,40.] vicitrā hi sūtrasya kṛtiḥ pāṇineḥ [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 2, 35.] n. eine Gattung des Paradoxon: vicitraṃ yatnaścedviparītaḥ phalecchayā [KUVALAY. 107,b.] z. B. namanti santastrailokyādapi labdhuṃ samunnatim ebend. [PRATĀPAR. 91,b,3.] — d) (durch Abwechselung) reizend, prächtig, schön: gṛhāṇi [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 6, 26.] jalayantramandira [Ṛtusaṃhāra 1, 2.] kṣapāḥ [Spr. 1039 (II).] śayyā [1391.] brahmasabhā [PAÑCAR. 1, 10, 94.] kathā so v. a. unterhaltend, amüsant [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 68. 40, 115. 63, 5. 69, 185.] [Hitopadeśa 8, 18. 26, 22.] vākyapaṭutā so v. a. Beredsamkeit [Spr. 4713.] arthavacca vicitraṃ ca na śakyaṃ bahu bhāṣitum [2766.] karṇe kalaṃ kimapi rauti śanairvicitram [1884.] vicitraṃ gāyanti [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 79, 12.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium a) eines Fürsten [Mahābhārata 1, 2697.] — b) eines Sohnes des Manu Raucya (Devasāvarṇi) [Harivaṃśa 489.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 94, 31.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 13, 31.] — c) eines Reihers [Hitopadeśa 120, 10.] —
3) f. ā Koloquinthe [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
4) n. [Siddhāntakaumudī.249,b,1.] — Vgl. vaicitrya .
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 (+40): Vicitra-kavitva, Vicitrabharana, Vicitrabhushana, Vicitrabhuta, Vicitracaritra, Vicitracinamshuka, Vicitracuta, Vicitradeha, Vicitradhvaja, Vicitragandha, Vicitragatra, Vicitrak, Vicitraka, Vicitrakarana, Vicitrakatha, Vicitrakundalin, Vicitrakuta, Vicitralalita, Vicitralamkarasvara, Vicitram.
Ends with: Cakravicitra, Citravicitra, Dhatuvicitra, Kusumavicitra, Nanavicitra, Pushpavicitra, Ratnavicitra, Sarvagandharcimukhavajramanivicitra, Suvicitra.
Full-text (+112): Vicitranga, Vicitravirya, Vicitradeha, Vicitta, Vicitracinamshuka, Vicitracaritra, Vicitrata, Vicitraviryasu, Vaicitrya, Vicitrarupa, Vicitrita, Vicitram, Vicitravarshin, Vaicitra, Vicitratva, Kusumavicitra, Citravicitra, Vicitraka, Vicitravakyapatuta, Vicitramalyabharana.
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Search found 72 books and stories containing Vicitra, Vicitrā, Vi-citrā, Vi-citra; (plurals include: Vicitras, Vicitrās, citrās, citras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.8.29 < [Chapter 8 - The Marriages of All the Queens]
Verse 2.8.34 < [Chapter 8 - Description of Seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa]
Verse 3.2.27 < [Chapter 2 - The Great Festival of Śrī Girirāja]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 11.28 [Vicitra] < [Chapter 11 - Additional Ornaments]
Text 11.29 < [Chapter 11 - Additional Ornaments]
Text 10.188 [Uttara] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.127 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 1.3.50 < [Chapter 3 - Prapañcātīta (beyond the Material Plane)]
Verse 2.4.190 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 6 < [Chapter 7 - Saptama-yāma-sādhana (Pradoṣa-kālīya-bhajana–vipralambha-prema)]
Text 3 < [Chapter 7 - Saptama-yāma-sādhana (Pradoṣa-kālīya-bhajana–vipralambha-prema)]
Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Mahavagga, Khandaka 5, Chapter 2 < [Khandaka 5 - Rules for Foot-clothing, Seats, Vehicles, etc.]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 111 < [Chapter 4 - The doctrine of the ‘Thing by Itself’]
Verse 902-905 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Verse 144 < [Chapter 5 - The Doctrine of Sound (‘Word-Sound’) being the Origin of the World]