Agnicit, Agni-cit: 10 definitions

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Agnicit means something in 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 Agnichit.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

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Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)

Agnicit (अग्निचित्) refers to “one who has arranged the sacrificial fires”, according to Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa verse 8.25.—Accordingly: “...he, who had arranged the sacrificial fires (agnicit), performed his last rites without fire together with the ascetics”.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Agnicit.—(SII 2), title of a Brāhmaṇa. cf. agni-cayana. Note: agnicit is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agnicit (अग्निचित्).—m. अग्निं चितवान् (agniṃ citavān); चि-भूतार्थे क्विप् (ci-bhūtārthe kvip) P.III.2.91] one who has kept the sacred fire; यतिभिः सार्धमनग्निमग्निचित् (yatibhiḥ sārdhamanagnimagnicit) R.8.25; अध्वरे- ष्वग्निचित्वत्सु (adhvare- ṣvagnicitvatsu) Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.11.

Agnicit is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and cit (चित्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnicit (अग्निचित्).—m. (-cit) A householder who has placed and consecrated a sacrificial fire. E. agni fire, and cit who collects.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnicit (अग्निचित्).—[agni-ci + t], adj. One who has arranged a sacrificial fire.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Agnicit (अग्निचित्):—[=agni-cit] [from agni] mfn. arranging the sacrificial fire, or one who has arranged it, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] an- ([negative]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnicit (अग्निचित्):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m. (cit) One who has arranged a sa-crificial fire-place. See agnicayana. Ii. ind. (in the Vedas.) Like Agni. E. agni and cit.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnicit (अग्निचित्):—[agni-cit] (t) 1. m. One who has consecrated the sacrificial fire.

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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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