Alternative spellings of this word include Chitratira.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Citrāṭīra (चित्राटीर).—

1) the moon.

2) the forehead spotted with the blood of a goat offered as a victim to a deity.

Derivable forms: citrāṭīraḥ (चित्राटीरः).

Citrāṭīra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms citrā and aṭīra (अटीर).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Citrāṭīra (चित्राटीर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. The moon. 2. The forehead, spotted with the blood of a goat, slain in the worship of the demon Ghantakarna. E. citra spotted, &c. and aṭ to go or be, and īrac aff. citrāṃ nakṣatraṃ aṭati citraṃ vā aṭati . aṭa-vā-īrac .

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

1) Citrāṭīra (चित्राटीर):—[from citra > cit] m. (= treśa) the moon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] the forehead spotted with the blood of a goat offered to the demon Ghaṇṭā-karṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Citrāṭīra (चित्राटीर):—[citrā+ṭīra] (raḥ) 1. m. The moon; the forehead spotted with blood.

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

Citrāṭīra (चित्राटीर):—m.

1) der Mond. —

2) eine mit dem Blute einer dem Ghaṇṭākarṇa zu Ehren geschlachteten Ziege bestrichene Stirn [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 252.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 263.] — In der ersten Bed. ist citrā spica virginis enthalten.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Citrāṭīra (चित्राटीर):—m. —

1) der Mond. —

2) eine mit dem Blute einer dem Ghaṇṭākarṇa zu Ehren geschlachteten Ziege bestrichene Stirn.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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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Partial matches: Atira, Citra.

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