Citravritti, Citravṛtti: 4 definitions
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Citravritti 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.
The Sanskrit term Citravṛtti can be transliterated into English as Citravrtti or Citravritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chitravritti.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCitravṛtti (चित्रवृत्ति).—f.
(-ttiḥ) Astonishing act or effort. E. citra and vṛtti practice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCitravṛtti (चित्रवृत्ति):—[=citra-vṛtti] [from citra > cit] f. any astonishing act or practice, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCitravṛtti (चित्रवृत्ति):—[citra-vṛtti] (ttiḥ) 2. f. Great effort.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCitravṛtti (ಚಿತ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ):—[noun] a manner, way etc. that is astonishing, marvelling.
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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