Kitava: 21 definitions
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Kitava means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kitava (कितव).—An ancient tribe of people. They once visited Yudhiṣṭhira with many presents. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 12).
Kitava (कितव) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. II.47.10, VI.18.13) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kitava) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Kitava (कितव) refers to the “thorn apple” and is mentioned in a list of remedies for indigestion in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—A complete section in Bhojanakutūhala is devoted for the description of agents that cause indigestion [viz., godhūma (wheat) or māṣa (black-gram) or harimantha (bengal-gram) or mudga (green-gram) or yava (barley) or satīna (garden pea)]. These agents consumed on a large scale can cause indigestion for certain people. The remedies [viz., kitava (thorn apple)] for these types of indigestions are also explained therewith.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Kitava (कितव) refers to “deceitful men”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 10), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of Mṛgaśīrṣa, the people of Vatsa, the officiating priests in sacrificial rites as well as the persons that perform them, revered men and the people of Madhyadeśa will suffer miseries; if through Ārdrā, the people of Pārata, of Ramaṭha, oil-mongers, washermen and thieves will suffer. If the course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of Punarvasu, the Pāñcālas, the border Mlecchas and the people of Saurāṣṭra, of Sindh and of Sauvīraka will suffer miseries; if his course should lie through the constellation of Puṣya, bell ringers, criers, the Yavanas tradesmen, deceitful men [i.e., kitava] and flowers will suffer”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
King of Benares. His son became known in this Buddha age as Kundinagariya Thera (PvA.177f; 263f). From the Petavatthu (iv.7) Kitava would appear to be the king, not of Benares but of Rajagaha (Giribbaja).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
kitava : (m.) a cheat.
Kitava, & kitavā (=kaṭavā? cp. kaṭa) one who plays false; a cheat; adj. deceitful S. I, 24; J. V, 116; 117 (a°);—kitavā at Dh. 252 (=DhA. III, 375) in combination with saṭha also at J. VI, 228, where the connection with kaṭa is evident: kaṭaṃ Aḷāto gaṇhāti kiṭavā sikkhito yathā= like one who is skilled in having the kaṭa, the lucky die. explained at DhA. III, 375 as taken from fowling: kitavāya attabhāvaṃ paṭicchādeti “he hides himself by means of a pretence” (behind sham branches). (Page 214)
kitava (ကိတဝ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[kitava+ṇa．kita+ava．kitavaṃassatthīti kitavo,nipātanā．kitanivāse vā,avo．,ṭī．531．]
[ကိတဝ+ဏ။ ကိတ+အဝ။ ကိတဝံအဿတ္ထီတိ ကိတဝေါ၊ နိပါတနာ။ ကိတနိဝါသေ ဝါ၊ အဝေါ။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၅၃၁။]
[Pali to Burmese]
kitava—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကြွေအန်ကြူးသူ၊ ကစားသမား။ (၂) သူခိုး။ (၃) ကိတဝမင်း။ (၄) ပန်းတိုင်းပင်=ပဒိုင်းပင်။ (၅) ငှက်မုဆိုး။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The one who teases, the player. (2) Thief. (3) Kitawamin (a title for a ruler). (4) Pantaingpin=Padainpin (a type of plant). (5) Bird catcher.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
kitava (कितव).—m S A gamester. 2 In dramas &c. A nāyaka faithless to his nāyakā.
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kitava (कितव).—a S Roguish, knavish, scampish.
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kitavā (कितवा).—a See kitakāvā.
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
Kitava (कितव).—(-vī f.)
1) A rogue, liar, cheat; अर्हति किल कितव उपद्रवम् (arhati kila kitava upadravam) M.4; Amaruśataka 2,46; Meghadūta 113.
2) The Dhattūra plant.
3) A kind of perfume (commonly rocana).
4) A gamester, gambler; Manusmṛti 3.159.
5) A mad or crazy person.
Derivable forms: kitavaḥ (कितवः).
Kitava (कितव).—mfn.
(-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) 1. A gamester, a gambler. 2. A cheat, cheating, fraudulent. 3. Mad, crazy. 4. Mischievous, malicious. m.
(-vaḥ) 1. Thorn apple, (Datura metel.) 2. A kind of perfume, commonly Rochana. E. kiṃ what, tava your, (what is your stake or wager?) he who asks such a question, &c.
Kitava (कितव).— (akin to kit), m. 1. A gamester, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 151. 2. A cheat, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 20, 3; a rogue, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 110. 3. pl. The name of a people, Mahābhārata 2, 1832.
Kitava (कितव).—[masculine] gambler ([feminine] vī); cheat, deceiver.
1) Kitava (कितव):—m. ([gana] śauṇḍādi [also vyāghrādi, but not in [Kāśikā-vṛtti] and, [Gaṇaratna-mahodadhi]]) a gamester, gambler, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda] etc.
2) a cheat, fraudulent man, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa viii, 20, 3; Meghadūta; Amaru-śataka]
3) (also ifc. e.g. yājñika-k, [Pāṇini 2-1, 53; Kāśikā-vṛtti])
4) (= matta) a crazy person, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) thorn-apple (cf. dhūrta and unmatta), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) a kind of perfume (commonly Rocana), [Bhāvaprakāśa]
7) Name of a man [gana] tikādi, utkarādi, aśvādi
8) m. Name of a people, [Mahābhārata ii, 1832]
Kitava (कितव):—(vaḥ) 1. m. A gamester; a cheat. m. Thorn-apple; a perfume.
Kitava (कितव):—m.
1) Spieler [Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 22.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 44.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 485.] yanmā pi.eva kita.aṃ śaśā.a [Ṛgveda 2, 29, 5.] ki.a.āso.yadriri.urna dī.i [5, 85, 8. 10, 34, 3. 7. 10. 11. 13.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 30, 8. 18. 22.] ki.a.āna.ṣairbadhyāsamapra.i [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7, 50, 1. 109, 3.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 19.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 151. 159. 9, 225. 258.] [Mahābhārata 1, 156.] [Nalopākhyāna 17, 36.] [Suśruta 1, 31, 3.] [Pañcatantra V, 52.] akṣakitava (mit einem im loc. gedachten Begriffe componirt nach gaṇa śauṇḍādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 40]) [Mahābhārata 2, 2539.] Mit einem damit verglichenen Begriffe compon. gaṇa vyāghrādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 56.] dhūrtakitava Hazardspieler [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 199.] f. kitavī [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 5.] —
2) Betrüger, Schelm, = vañcaka [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 412.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 697.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 34.] = khala [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] sa cāhaṃ vittalobhena pratyācakṣe kathaṃ dvijam . pratiśrutya dadāmīti prāhrādiḥ kitavo yathā .. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 20, 3.] [Meghadūta 111.] [Amaruśataka 17. 41.] Mit einem coordinirten Begriffe compon.: yājñikakitavaḥ = ayājyayājanāttṛṣṇāparaḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 53,] [Scholiast] —
3) ein Trunkener, Wahnsinniger (matta) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
4) pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes oder Stammes [Mahābhārata 2, 1832.] sg. Nomen proprium eines Mannes gaṇa tikādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 154.] utkarādi zu [4, 2, 90.] gaṇa aśvādi zu [4, 1, 110.] tikakitavāḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 68.] —
5) Stechapfel (auch dhūrta und unmatta) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 58.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
6) ein best. Parfum (rocana) [Jaṭādhara] und [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vielleicht entstanden aus kiṃ tava was gehört dir? was ist dein Satz? Vgl. kiṃtva .
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Kitava (कितव):—
2) [Z. 4 lies 110 Stenzler 111.]
Kitava (कितव):——
1) m. — a) Spieler. — b) Betrüger , Schelm. yājñika ein betrügerischer Liturgiker. — c) *ein Trunkener , Wahnsinniger. — d) *Stechapfel. — e) ein best. wohlriechender Stoff , = coraka [Rājan 12,144.] [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,193.] — f) Nomen proprium — α) Pl. eines Volkes. — β) *eines Mannes. tikakitavāḥ das Geschlecht des Tika und Kitava. —
2) f. kitavī Spielerin.
Kitava (कितव) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kitava.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Kitava (कितव) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kitava.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kitava (ಕಿತವ):—
1) [noun] a man who plays games of chance for money or some other stake; a gambler.
2) [noun] a man who habitually cheats; a cheat; a swindler; a deceiver.
3) [noun] the small shrubby plant, Datura stramonium of Solanaceae family with bright yellow flowers; datura.
4) [noun] a mad or crazy man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Kitava, Na.
Starts with (+0): Ketava, Kitavakkitai, Kitavam, Kitavapan, Kitavapanna, Kitavasa, Kitavasaraja, Kitavasaujanya, Kitavat, Kitavopama.
Full-text (+30): Akitava, Pratikitava, Dhurtakitava, Ketava, Kitaviya, Kaitavayana, Akshakitava, Dhurttakitava, Strikitava, Kitavopama, Kitavam, Kaitava, Tikakitava, Tika, Yajnikakitava, Adinavadarsha, Adidivadarsha, Kitavi, Kitavapan, Kaitaveya.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.159 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]
Verse 3.151 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]
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The tenth Mandala of the Rigveda (study) (by Rupsmita Buzarbaruah)
Part 2.3 - The Gambler’s Hymn < [Chapter 2 - The contents of the tenth Maṇḍala]
Part 4 - Significance of the Tenth Maṇḍala of the Ṛgveda < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 252 - The Story of Meṇḍaka the Rich Man < [Chapter 18 - Mala Vagga (Impurities)]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 1 - Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Identification of canda < [Volume 4 (issue 1), Jul-Sep 1984]