Cidabhasa, Cidābhāsa, Cit-abhasa: 4 definitions
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Cidabhasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Chidabhasa.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycidābhāsa (चिदाभास).—m S (cit & ābhāsa) The sentient or conscious principle (of animated creatures); the image or adumbration of the Divine intelligence.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishcidābhāsa (चिदाभास).—m The conscious principle.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCidābhāsa (चिदाभास).—the individual soul (jīva) (which still sticks to worldly defilements).
Derivable forms: cidābhāsaḥ (चिदाभासः).
Cidābhāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cit and ābhāsa (आभास).
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCidābhāsa (ಚಿದಾಭಾಸ):—[noun] th individual soul as the reflection or the like of the supreme Consciousness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Cit, Abhasa, Cita.
Full-text: Abhasa.
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