Cittakuta, Cittakūṭa, Citta-kuta: 5 definitions

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Cittakuta means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chittakuta.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A mountain in Himava, one of the five ranges round Anotatta. It is composed of all kinds of precious metals (SNA.ii.437; AA.ii.759; UdA.300; Ap.i.50, 414; PsA.15; Vsm.650). It is famed as the abode of golden swans living in a golden cave (Kancanaguha) on the top of the mountain, sometimes as many as ninety thousand in number (E.g., J.ii.107; iii.208, 247; iv.424, etc). There also the Dhattarattha swans lived (J.v.337).

The name is sometimes (E.g., J.iv.212; v.338) spelt Citrakuta. It is generally identified with Kamptanathgiri in Bundelkhand, an isolated hill on the Paisuni or Mandakini River. Law: Geog. of Early Bsm.40.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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India history and geography

Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism

Cittakūṭa (चित्तकूट) is the name of a mountain situated in Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—According to the Apadāna, the Cittakūṭa mountain was not also very far off from the Himavanta. It has, however, been identified with Kāmptanāth-giri in Bundelkhand. It in an isolated hill on a river called the Paisunī or Mandākinī. It is about four miles from the Chitrakuūṭa station of the G.I.P. Railway.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

cittakūṭa : (m.) name of a mountain.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Cittakuta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cittākūta (चित्ताकूत):—[from citta > cit] n. sg. thought and intention, [Atharva-veda xi, 9, 1.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Cittakuta in German

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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.

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