Cirashrita, Cirāśrita: 3 definitions

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Cirashrita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Cirāśrita can be transliterated into English as Cirasrita or Cirashrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chirashrita.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Cirashrita in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cirāśrita (चिराश्रित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Long maintained or protected. E. cira, and āśrita supported.

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

Cirāśrita (चिराश्रित):—[from cira] mfn. long maintained or protected, an old dependant, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Cirāśrita (चिराश्रित):—[cirā+śrita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Long protected or supported.

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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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