Cirna, Cīrṇa: 10 definitions

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Cirna 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chirna.

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Cīrṇa (चीर्ण) or Cīrṇavrata refers to “one who has observed (his observances)”.—Cf. Caryā which, in early Śaiva works, may refer specifically to ascetic observance, presumably indeed because it is a contraction of the collocation vratacaryā/vratacaraṇa, “the performance (caryā/caraṇa) of timed religious observances (vrata)”. The verb car, “to move,” but also “to be engaged in”, has indeed long been the natural idiomatic verb of choice for use with vrata, and this accounts for the frequency of such bahuvrīhi expressions as cīrṇavrata (“who has observed his observances”), both in non-Mantramārga works (e.g. Bodhāyanagṛhyasūtra 4.12.2 on p. 118, Yājñavalkyasmṛti 3.298c, Mahābhārata 3.81.135c) and in works of the Mantramārga (e.g. Mālinīvijayottara 10.17c and 10.34c, Mohacūḍottara 1.14a, etc), as well as for the distinctively Tantric bahuvrīhi expression cīrṇavidyāvrata (e.g. Siddhayogeśvarīmata 13.1a).

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cīrṇa (चीर्ण).—a. (चर्-नक् पृषो° अत ईन्वम् (car-nak pṛṣo° ata īnvam)]

1) Done, performed, observed; चीर्णव्रतो बाल एव बुद्धिसत्त्वगुणान्वितः (cīrṇavrato bāla eva buddhisattvaguṇānvitaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.48.19.

2) Studied, repeated.

3) Split, divided.

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

Cīrṇa (चीर्ण).—mfn.

(-rṇaḥ-rṇā-rṇaṃ) 1. Conversant, learned. 2. Split, divided.

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

Cīrṇa (चीर्ण).—ptcptle. of the pf. pass. of car, q. cf.

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

1) Cīrṇa (चीर्ण):—mfn. (√car) practised, observed (as a vow, austerity), [Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad iii, 2, 10; Mahābhārata xv, 91; Divyāvadāna; Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 6, 3]

2) n. conduct, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

1) Cīrṇa (चीर्ण):—[(rṇaḥ-rṇā-rṇaṃ) a.] Conversant, learned; split, divided.

2) (rṇaṃ) 1. n. Manner.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Cīrṇa (चीर्ण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ciṇṇa.

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Cirna 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cīrṇa (ಚೀರ್ಣ):—[noun] = ಚೀಲಣ [cilana].

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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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