Kitaja, Kīṭaja, Kita-ja, Kīṭajā: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKīṭaja (कीटज).—silk; Manusmṛti 168.
Derivable forms: kīṭajam (कीटजम्).
Kīṭaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kīṭa and ja (ज).
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Kīṭajā (कीटजा).—lac.
Kīṭajā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kīṭa and jā (जा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKīṭaja (कीटज).—n.
(-jaṃ) Silk. f.
(-jā) Lac, an animal dye of a red colour. E. kīṭa a worm, and ja born.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKīṭaja (कीटज).—[kīṭa-ja] (vb. jan), n. Silk, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 168.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKīṭaja (कीटज).—[neuter] silk (lit. produced by a worm).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kīṭaja (कीटज):—[=kīṭa-ja] [from kīṭa] n. ‘coming from insects’, silk, [Manu-smṛti xi, 168; Mahābhārata ii, 1847]
2) Kīṭajā (कीटजा):—[=kīṭa-jā] [from kīṭa-ja > kīṭa] f. an animal dye of red colour, lac, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKīṭaja (कीटज):—[kīṭa-ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Silk. (jā) f. Lac.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kīṭaja (कीटज) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kīḍaya.
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