Sitambara, Sitāmbara, Sita-ambara: 7 definitions
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Sitambara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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 September.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySitāmbara (सिताम्बर).—an ascetic dressed in white garments.
Derivable forms: sitāmbaraḥ (सिताम्बरः).
Sitāmbara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sita and ambara (अम्बर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySitāmbara (सिताम्बर).—m.
(-raḥ) An ascetic wearing white garments. E. sita white, and ambara vesture.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySitāmbara (सिताम्बर).—[adjective] clothed in white.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sitāmbara (सिताम्बर):—[from sita] mf(ā)n. clothed in wh° garments, [Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘a monk wearing wh° g°’, Name of one of the two great divisions of Jaina monks (= śvet q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySitāmbara (सिताम्बर):—[sitā+mbara] (raḥ) 1. m. An ascetic dressed in white.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySitaṃbara (सितंबर) [Also spelled september]:—(nm) the month of September.
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Partial matches: Ambara, Sita.
Ends with: Asitambara.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 1.7.24-26 < [Chapter 7 - Description of the Conquest of All Directions]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 11: Origin of Dhūmaketu’s enmity < [Chapter VI - Marriage of Kṛṣṇa with Rukmiṇī and others]