Citrasvati, Citrāsvātī: 2 definitions
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Citrasvati 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 Chitrasvati.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycitrāsvātī (चित्रास्वाती).—f pl (S) The names respectively of the 14th and 15th lunar asterisms. Applied also to the rain which falls during their prevalence. Pr. paḍatīla ci0 tara pikatīla māṇīkamōtīṃ paṇa kāpūsa na miḷē vātīṃ.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCitrāsvātī (चित्रास्वाती):—[=citrā-svātī] [from citra > cit] [gana] rājadantādi.
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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Partial matches: Citra, Svati.
Full-text: Nakshatra, Rajadantadi.
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
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