n. (with yadi-[ ] or yad-[ ] or future [ ]) strange, curious (exempli gratia, 'for example'citraṃ badhiro vyākaraṇam adhyeṣyate-"it would be strange if a deaf man should learn grammar")
n. various modes of writing or arranging verses in the shape of mathematical or other fanciful figures (syllables which occur repeatedly being left out or words being represented in a shortened form)
m. "wonderful peak", Name of a hill and district (the modern Citrakote or Catarkot near Ka1mta1, situated on the river Paisuni about 50 miles S.E. of the Bandah in Bundelkhund;first habitation of the exiled rāma- and lakṣmaṇa-, crowded with temples as the holiest spot of rāma-'s worshippers)
m. "of marvellous heroism", Name of a celebrated king of the lunar race (the son of śāṃtanu- by his wife satya-vatī-, and so half-brother of bhīṣma-;when he died childless, his mother requested vyāsa-, whom she had borne before her marriage to the sage parāśara-, to raise up issue to vicitra-vīrya-;so vyāsa- married the two widows of his half-brother, ambikā- and ambālikā-, and by them became the father of dhṛta-rāṣṭra- and pāṇḍu-; see)
चित्र a. [चित्र्-भावे अच्; चि-ष्ट्रन् वा Uṇ.4.163] 1 Bright, clear. -2 Variegated, spotted, diversified. -3 amusing, interesting, agreeable; Māl.1.4. -4 Various, different, manifold; Pt.1.136; Ms.9.248; Y.1.288. -5 Surprising, wonderful, strange; किमत्र चित्रम् R.5.33; Ś.2.15. -6 Perceptible, visible. -7 Conspicuous, excellent, distinguished; न यद्वचश्चित्रपदं हरेर्यशो जगत्पवित्रं प्रगृणीत कर्हिचित् Bhāg.1.5.1. -8 Rough, agitated (as the sea, opp सम). -9 Clear, loud, perceptible (as a sound). -त्रः 1 The variegated colour. -2 A form of Yama. -3 The Aśoka tree. -4 = चित्रगुप्त q. v. below. -त्रम् 1 A picture, painting, delineation चित्रे निवेश्य परिकल्पितसत्त्वयोगा Ś.2.9; पुनरपि चित्रीकृता कान्ता Ś.6.2,13,21 &c. -2 A brilliant ornament or ornament. -3 An extraordinary appearance, wonder. -4 A sectarial mark on the forehead. -5 Heaven, sky. -6 A spot. -7 The white or spotted leprosy. -8 (In Rhet.) The last of the three main divisions of Kāvya (poetry). (It is of two kinds शब्दचित्र and अर्थ-वाच्य-चित्र, and the poetical charm lies mainly in the use of figures of speech dependent on the sound and sense of words. Mammaṭa thus defines it :-- शब्दचित्रं वाज्यचित्रमव्यङ्ग्यं त्ववरं स्मृतम् K. P.1. As an instance of शब्दचित्र may be cited the following verse from R. G. मित्रात्रिपुत्रनेत्राय त्रयीशात्रवशत्रवे । गोत्रारिगोत्रजैत्राय गोत्रात्रे ते नमो नमः ॥ -9 Anything bright which strikes the eye. -1 Playing upon words, punning, using conundrums, riddles &c. -11 A lotus. ...... मङ्गले तिलके हेम्नि व्योम्नि पद्मे नपुंसकम् । Nm. -त्रम् ind. Oh !, how strange !, what a wonder ! चित्रं बधिरो नाम व्याकरणमध्येष्यते Sk. -Comp. -अक्षी, -नेत्रा, -लोचना a kind of bird commonly called Sārikā. -अङ्ग a. striped, having a spotted body. (-ङ्गः) 1 a kind of snake. -2 N. of Arjuna. (-ङ्गम्) 1 vermilion. -2 yellow orpiment. -अङ्गद a. decked with brilliant bracelets. (-दा) N. of a wife of Arjuna and mother of Babhruvāhana. -अङ्गदसूः f. an epithet of Satyavatī, mother of Vyāsa. -अन्नम् rice dressed with coloured condiments; Y.1.34. -अपूपः a kind of cake. -अर्पित a. committed to a picture, painted. ˚आरम्भ a. painted; चित्रार्पितारम्भ इवावतस्थे R.2.31; Ku.3.42. -आकृतिः f. a painted resemblance, portrait. -आयसम् steel. -आरम्भः a painted scene, outline of a picture; V.1.4. v. l. -उक्तिः f. 1 agreeable or frequent
discourse; जयन्ति ते पञ्चममित्रचित्रोक्तिसंदर्भविभूषणेषु Vikr.1. -2 a voice from heaven. -3 a surprising tale. -ओदनः boiled rice coloured with turmeric &c. -कण्ठः pigeon. -कथालापः telling agreeable or charming stories. -कम्बलः 1 painted cloth used as an elephant's housing -2 a variegated carpet. -कर 1 a painter. -2 an actor. -कर्मन् n. 1 an extraordinary act; धीर्न चित्रीयते कस्माद- भित्तौ चित्रकर्मणा Ks.6.5. -2 ornamenting, decorating. -3 a picture; Mu.2.4. -4 magic. (-m.) 1 a magician, one who works wonders. -2 a painter. ˚विद् m. 1 a painter. -2 a magician. -कायः 1 a tiger in general. -2 a leopard or panther. -कारः 1 a painter. -2 N. of a mixed tribe; (स्थपतेरपि गान्धिक्यां चित्रकारो व्यजायत Parāśara). -कूटः N. of a hill and district near Prayāga; दृप्तः कुकुद्मानिव चित्रकूटः R.12;15;13.47, U.1. -कृत् a. astonishing, surprising. (-m.) a painter. -कोलः a kind of lizard. -क्रिया, -कृत्यम् painting; आहूय स्वसुता- वासे चित्रकृत्ये न्ययुङ्क्त माम् Ks.71.82. -क्षत्र a. Ved. having manifold power, or one whose wealth is visible; चित्रक्षत्र चित्रतमं वयोधाम् Rv.6.6.7. -ग, -गत a. 1 painted, drawn in a picture; संपूर्णलक्षणा देवी प्रतिभाति स्म चित्रगा Ks.5.31. -2 coloured, variegated. -गन्धम् yellow orpiment. -गुप्तः one of the beings in Yama's world recording the vices and virtues of mankind; नामान्येषां लिखामि ध्रुवमहम- धुना चित्रगुप्तः प्रमार्ष्टु Mu.1.2. -गृहम् a painted room. -जल्पः a random or incoherent talk, talk on various subjects. -तण्डुलम् a medicinal plant said to possess anthelmintic virtues. -त्वच् m. the Bhūrja tree. -दण्डकः the cotton-plant. -धा ind. in many ways; तर्कयामास चित्रधा Bhāg.3.13.2. -न्यस्त a. painted, drawn in a picture; Ku.2.24. -पक्षः the francoline partridge. -पटः, -ट्टः 1 a painting, a picture. -2 a coloured or chequered cloth. -पद a. 1 divided into various parts. -2 full of graceful expressions. -पादा the bird called Sārikā. -पिच्छकः a peacock. -पुङ्खः a kind of arrow. -पृष्ठः a sparrow. -प्रतिकृतिः f. representation in colours, a painting, a picture. -फलः, -फलकः A kind of large flat fish; L. D. B. -फला 1 A smaller kind of flat fish. -2 N. of several plants. -फलकम् a tablet for painting, a picture-board. -बर्हः a peacock; -भानु a. of a variegated colour, shining with light; चित्रभानुरुषसां भात्यग्रे R.7.9.3; प्रपूर्वगौ पूर्वजौ चित्रभानू Mb.1.3.57. (-नुः) 1 fire; पुच्छैः शिरोभिश्च भृशं चित्रभानुं प्रपेदिरे Mb.1.53. 5. -2 the sun; (चित्रभानुर्विभातीति दिने रवौ रात्रौ वह्नौ K. P. 2 given as an instance of one of the modes of अञ्जन). -3 N. of Bhairava. -4 the Arka plant. -5 Śiva. -6 an epithet of the Aśvins. -7 the first year of the first cycle of Jupiter. -भाष्यम् A diplomatic speech; Mb. 5.35.71. -भूत a. painted. -मण्डलः a kind of snake. -मृगः the spotted antelope. -मेखलः a peacock. -योधिन् a. fighting in a wonderful manner; लब्धास्त्रश्चित्रयोधी च मनस्वी च दृढवतः 5.17.3. (-m.) an epithet of Arjuna. -रथः 1 the sun. -2 N. of a king of the Gandharvas, one of the sixteen sons of Kaśyapa by his wife Muni; अत्र मुनेस्तनयश्चित्रसेनादीनां पञ्चदशानां भ्रातॄणामधिको गुणैः षोडश- श्चित्ररथो नाम समुत्पन्नः K.136; V.1. -लिखनम् painting. -लिखित a. 1 painted. -2 dumb, motionless (as in a picture). -लेख a. of beautiful outlines, highly arched; रुचिस्तव कलावती रुचिरचित्रलेखे श्रुवौ Gīt.1. (-खा) 1 a portrait, picture. -2 N. of a friend and companion of Uṣā, daughter of Bāṇa. [When Uṣā related to her her dream, she suggested the idea of taking the portraits of all young princes in the neighbourhood; and on Uṣā's recognising Aniruddha, Chitralekhā, by means of her magical power, conveyed him to her palace.] -लेखकः a painter. -लेखनिका a painter's brush. -वदालः the sheat-fish. -वनम् N. of a forest near the Gaṇḍakī. -वाजः a cock. -विचित्र a. 1 variously coloured, variegated. -2 multiform. -विद्या the art of painting. -शाला a painter's studio. -शिखण्डिन् m. an epithet of the seven sages :--मरीचि, अङ्गिरस्, अत्रि, पुलस्त्य, पुलह, क्रतु and वसिष्ठ; मरीचिरत्र्यङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । वसिष्ठश्च महातेजास्ते हि चित्रशिखण्डिनः ॥ Mb.12.335.29. ˚जः an epithet of Bṛihaspati. -शिरस् m. -शीर्षकः a kind of venomous insect. -श्रीः great or wonderful beauty. -संस्थ a. painted. -हस्तः a particular position of the hands in fighting.
चित्रक a. 1 Bright, lovely, agreeable. -2 Brave, powerful. -कः 1 A painter. -2 A tiger in general. -3 A small hunting leopard; खरोष्ट्रमहिषाः सिंहा व्याघ्राः सृमरचित्रकाः Mb.7.3.19. -4 N. of a tree. -कम् 1 A sectarial mark on the forehead. (तनुते) कस्तूरिकाचित्रक- मङ्कशङ्काम् Rām. Ch.6.69. -2 A particular manner of fighting. -3 N. of a wood near the mountain Raivataka.
विचित्र a. 1 Diversified, variegated, spotted, speckled; इयमुद्ग्रथते स्रजो विचित्राः Mu.1.4. -2 Various, varied. -3 Painted. -4 Beautiful, lovely; क्वचिद्विचित्रं जलयन्त्रमन्दिरम् Ṛs.1.2. -5 Wonderful, surprising, strange; हतविधिलसितानां हि विचित्रो विपाकः Śi.11.64. -त्रः The Aśoka tree. -त्रा A white deer. -त्रम् 1 Variegated colour. -2 Surprise. -3 A figure of speech (implying apparently the reverse of the meaning intended). -Comp. -अङ्ग a. having a spotted body. (-ङ्गः) 1 a peacock. -2 tiger. -अन्नम् a kind of rice food (Mar. खिचडी). -देह a. having a lovely body. (-हः) a cloud. -रूप a. diverse. -वर्षिन् raining here and there. -वीर्यः N. of a king of the lunar race. [He was a son of Śantanu by his wife Satyavatī and so half-brother of Bhīṣma. When he died childless, his mother called Vyāsa (her own son before her marriage), and requested him to raise up issue to Vichitravīrya in accordance with the practice of Niyoga. He complied with the request, and begot on Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two widows of his brother, two sons Dhṛitarāṣṭra and Paṇḍu respectively.]
m. small hunting leopard (Cheeta); n. mark (--°ree;, a. characterised by); picture, painting; -kara, m. painter (a mixed caste); -karman, n. painting; picture; adornment (Pr.); -kûta, m. hill of pleasure; (Bright-peak), N. of a mountain (in Bun delkund, now Kitrakote); N. of a town; -krit, m. painter; -kritya, n. painting; -ga, a., -gata, pp. (belonging to a picture), painted; -gupta, m. N. of a recorder of human actions in Yama's realm; -griha, n. apartment adorned with pictures; -grâvan, a. stony; -grîva, m. Spotted-neck, N. of a pigeon king; -nyasta, pp. put on canvas, painted; -paksha, m. (spotted-wing), kind of pigeon; N. of a demon causing headache; -pata, m. picture; -patta, m. id.: -gata, pp. painted; -putrikâ, f. female portrait; -phalaka, picture-panel, painting; (á)-bhânu, a. shining brightly; m. fire, Agni; -bhâshya, n. eloquence; -bhitti,f. painted wall, wall-painting; -mriga, m. spotted antelope.
a. having a brilliant car; m. N.; -likhana, n. painting; -likhita, pp. painted; -lekhâ, f. picture; N.; -vat, a. adorned with pictures, painted; -vana, n. (va riegated wood), N. of a forest on the Gandakî; -varti, f. paint-brush; -varti-kâ, f. id.; -varman, m. N. of a son of Dhritarâshtra.
f. picture-room; -sâl ikâ, f. id. (Pr.); -sikhandin, m. pl. (having shining locks), ep. of the seven sages (Marîki, Atri, A&ndot;giras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Vasishtha); the Great Bear; -sravastama, spv. worthy of the loudest praise; (á)-sena, a. bright-speared; m. N.; -stha, a. repre sented in a picture, painted; -sthala, n. N. of a garden.
n. play on words; -tâ, f. blame, censure; -tva, n. necessity of express mention; -li&ndot;ga: -ka, a. having the gender of the substantive, adjectival; -vargita, n. elliptical expression; -vâkaka tva, n. condition of that which is designated and that which designates.
a. variegated, many-colour ed, brilliant; various, manifold, diverse; strange, wonderful; (varied), charming, lovely, beautiful; entertaining (story): -m, ad.; -katha, m. (telling interesting tales),N.; -tâ, f. variety; strangeness; -mâlya½âbhar ana, a. having variegated garlands and orna ments; -vâkya-patu-tâ, f. great eloquence; -vâgura½ukkhrâya-maya, a. (î) filled with various outspread nets; -vîrya, m. (of mar vellous heroism), N. of a son of Samtanu and Satyavatî (after his death, Vyâsa begat Dhri tarâshtra, Pându, and Vidura with his widow); -simha, m. N.; -½âpîda, m. N. of a fairy.
n. prob. incorr. for vaikitrya: î, f. strangeness, wonderfulness; marvellous beauty; -ya, n. [vikitra] id.; manifoldness, diversity, wondrous variety; incorr. for vai kittya.
Is the name of several persons, (a) The Rigveda contains a Dānastuti (‘ Praise of Gifts ’) of a prince Citra. The later legend attributes this panegyric to Sobhari, and describes Citra as king of the rats. (b) Citra Gāñgyāyani or Gārgyāyani is mentioned in the Kausītaki Upanisad as a contemporary of Aruni and Svetaketu. (c) Citra Gauśrāyani is mentioned as a teacher in the Kausī¬taki Brāhmana.
(‘Having a brilliant car ’) is the name of two persons. (a) It designates an Aryan prince, who, with Arna, was defeated by Indra for the Turvaśa-Yadus on the Sarayu (perhaps the modern Sarju in Oudh), according to the Rigveda. The locality would accord with the close connexion of Turvaśa and Krivi or Pañcāla. (b) Citraratha is also the name of a king for whom the Kāpeyas performed a special kind of sacrifice (dvirātra), with the result, according to the Pañcavimśa Brāhmana, that in the Caitrarathi family only one member was a Ksatra-pati, the rest dependents. Apparently this must mean that the Caitrarathis were distinguished from other families of princes by the fact that the chief of the clan received a markedly higher position than in most cases, in which probably the heads of the family were rather an oligarchy than a monarch and his dependents. See Rājan.
(‘Descendant of Vicitra- vīrya’) is mentioned in a passage of the Kāthaka Samhitā, which is, unhappily, far from intelligible. But there is no ground for supposing that he was a Kuru-Pañcāla king; he seems rather to have lived at some distance from the Kuru- Pañcālas. There is no good reason to deny his identity with the Dhrtarāstra of the Satapatha Brāhmana, king of Kāśi, who was defeated, when he attempted to offer a horse sacrifice, by Sātrājita śatānīka. The fact that the latter was a Bharata also points to Dhrtarāstra's not having been a Kuru-Pañcāla at all. In the Kāthaka Samhitā he appears as having a dispute with Vaka Dālbhi; but even assuming that the latter was a Pañcāla, there is nothing to hint that the former was a Kuru or that this dispute is a sign of an early hostility of Kuru and Pañcāla. It is true that in the Epic śantanu and Vicitravīrya and Dhrtarāstra himself are all connected, but this connexion seems to be due, as so often in the Epic, to a confused derange¬ment of great figures of the past.
adjective (to execute) with different tortures (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
agitated (as the sea) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bright (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bright-coloured (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clear (as sound) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
conspicuous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excellent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
in different ways (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
manifold (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spotted (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strange (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
variegated (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
various (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wonderful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a bright or extraordinary appearance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a brilliant ornament (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a forest (vana ?) of variegated appearance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
anything bright or coloured which strikes the eyes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
facetious conversation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ornament (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
punning in the form of question and answer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
riddle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
variety of colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
various modes of writing or arranging verses in the shape of mathematical or other fanciful figures (syllables which occur repeatedly being left out or words being represented in a shortened form) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wonder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a form of Yama (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Jonesia Aśoka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Gandharva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Plumbago zeylanica Linn. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ricinus communis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
variety of colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Calotropis gigantea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Bāṇa(bhaṭṭa)'s father (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Bhairava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Plumbago zeylanica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the 16th year in the 60 years' cycle of Jupiter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of viḍa Frequency rank 9833/72933
noun (masculine) name of a Gandharva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a form of Yama (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a secretary of a man of rank (kind of mixed caste) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an author (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of Yama's attendants (recorder of every man's good and evil deeds) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the 16th Arhat of the future Utsarpiṇī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) Amorphophallus campanulatus Blum ex Decne (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 553)
a kind of coin or weight
a kind of snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a painter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Name versch. Heroen und Söhne
name of a Kalpa
Plumbago capensis Thunb. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 553)
Plumbago zeylanica Linn. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Pterospermum suberifolium Lam. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 553)
Ricinus communis Linn. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a painting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any extraordinary act (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
magic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
painting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
picture (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wonderful deed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a son (of Garuḍa, Vasiṣṭha, Lakṣṃaṇa or Devabhāga) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Śūraseṇa king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a pleasure-hill (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a hill and district (the modern Citrakote or Catarkot near Kāmtā) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a picture (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Apsaras (skilful in painting) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of metres (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
portrait (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Gynandropsis pentaphylla (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Hemionitis cordifolia Roxb. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Rubia Munjista (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Droṇa-puṣpī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) Cucumis sativus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fish Mystus Citala (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
śīrṇavṛnta Frequency rank 23969/72933
noun (masculine) name of a descendant of Aṅga and son of Dharmaratha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king of the Aṅgas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince of Mṛttikāvati (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Sūta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a snake-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Gada or Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Vidyādhara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an officer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the king of the Gandharvas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the polar star (Dhruva) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sun (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a divine recorder of the deeds of men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a leader of the Gandharvas (son of Viśvāvasu) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a scholiast on Piṅgala's work on metres (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a snake-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an adversary of Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Gada or Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Narishyanta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Parikṣit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Tarāsandha's general (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the 13th Manu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śambara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the secretary of a man of rank (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of a courtesan (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Apsaras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the mothers in Skanda's retinue (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a king (of the Kulūtas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Campāvatī and Mathurā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (denominative parasmaipada) to be a wonder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to decorate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to look (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to regard as a wonder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to throw a momentary glance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a figure of speech (implying apparently the reverse of the meaning intended) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
party-colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
surprise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
variegated colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wonder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a heron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Manu Raucya or Devasāvarṇi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Aśoka tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[rel.] a form of Śiva Frequency rank 18444/72933
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