The Sanskrit term Citrapakṣmatā can be transliterated into English as Citrapaksmata or Citrapakshmata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chitrapakshmata.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Citrapakṣmatā (चित्रपक्ष्मता) or Citrapakṣma refers to “thick eyelashes” and represents the sixty-third of the “eighty secondary characteristics” (anuvyañjana) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 83). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., citrapakṣmatā). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Citrapakṣmatā (चित्रपक्ष्मता):—[=citra-pakṣmatā] [from citra > cit] f. the having beautiful eyelashes (cf. -keśatā), [Dharmasaṃgraha 84]

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Citra.

Full-text: Citrapakshma.

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