Citicitayate, Ciṭiciṭāyate: 1 definition
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Citicitayate 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 Chitichitayate.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCiṭiciṭāyate (चिटिचिटायते) or Ciṭiciṭāyati.—once ciṭa°, once ciṭiciṭī° (= Pali ciṭiciṭāyati), onomatopoetic, sputters, used of the noise made by hot things, especially (at least in Pali) in contact with water: cakraṃ (a hot metal disk, 604.15) ciṭiciṭāyamāna- dahanakaṇacayodgāraraudraṃ Divyāvadāna 606.1; with subject sarṣapāḥ, ciṭiciṭāyanti (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 298.2; 719.1; °ṭīyanti (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 295.6; with subject an ayomaya cakra, or triśūla, ciṭa- ciṭāyati (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 687.9. In these [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] passages it is not clear whether contact with water or other liquids is implied.
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