Alternative spellings of this word include Chitichitayati.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ciṭiciṭāyati : (v.) makes the sound citi-citi.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ciṭiciṭāyati, see cicciṭāyati; Vin.I, 225; cp. Divy 606. (Page 265)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ciṭiciṭāyati (चिटिचिटायति) or Ciṭiciṭāyate.—once ciṭa°, once ciṭiciṭī° (= Pali ciṭiciṭāyati), onomatopoetic, sputters, used of the noise made by hot things, especially (at least in Pali) in contact with water: cakraṃ (a hot metal disk, 604.15) ciṭiciṭāyamāna- dahanakaṇacayodgāraraudraṃ Divyāvadāna 606.1; with subject sarṣapāḥ, ciṭiciṭāyanti (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 298.2; 719.1; °ṭīyanti (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 295.6; with subject an ayomaya cakra, or triśūla, ciṭa- ciṭāyati (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 687.9. In these [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] passages it is not clear whether contact with water or other liquids is implied.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Ciccitayati, Citicitayate, Gala.

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