Citya: 8 definitions

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Citya 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 Chitya.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Citya (चित्य).—a.

1) To be arranged in order or built up.

2) Constructed upon a foundation (as fire).

-tyam 1 The place at which a corpse is burnt.

2) A monument.

-tyā 1 A funeral pile.

2) Piling up, building (as an altar).

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Citya (चित्य).—a. Belonging to the funeral pyre; चित्यमाल्याङ्गरागश्च आयसाभरणोऽभवत् (cityamālyāṅgarāgaśca āyasābharaṇo'bhavat) Rām.1.58.11; m. funeral fire. f.

1) A pyre.

2) A piece of ground prepared for sacrifice; सचित्यो राजसिंहस्य संचितः कुशलैर्द्विजैः (sacityo rājasiṃhasya saṃcitaḥ kuśalairdvijaiḥ) Rām.1.14.29.

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

Citya (चित्य).—n.

(-tyaṃ) A monument, or any mark of the site of a funeral pile. E. citā a pile, and bhāve kyap affix. f.

(-tyā) A funeral pile. m.

(-tyaḥ) Fire. E. ci to collect, ṇyat affix, and deriv. irr.

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

Citya (चित्य).—[ci + tyā] 1., I. n. A tomb, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 58, 10. Ii. f. A layer.

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

Citya (चित्य).—[adjective] being arranged, heaped or piled ([especially] the fire of the sacrif. pile); [feminine] cityā arranging, piling, building (of an altar or fun. pile).

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

1) Citya (चित्य):—[from ci] a mfn., [iii, 1, 132] to be arranged in order, [Atharva-veda x, 2, 8]

2) [v.s. ...] to be piled up, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa vi]

3) [v.s. ...] (with or without agni, the fire) constructed upon a foundation (of bricks etc.), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā v; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa v, 28; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii, vi; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

4) [v.s. ...] ([from] 1. -citi) coming from the funeral pile or from the place of cremation, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 58, 10]

5) [v.s. ...] n. = tā-cūḍaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. [Rāmāyaṇa i, 58, 10])

6) Cityā (चित्या):—[from citya > ci] f. ‘piling up’, building (an altar. etc.) See agni-cityā, maṭha-

7) [v.s. ...] ‘a layer, stratum’ See catuścitya

8) [v.s. ...] a funeral pile, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) Citya (चित्य):—b See √1. ci.

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

Citya (चित्य):—(tyaṃ) 1. n. A monument. (tyā) f. A funeral pile.

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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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