Shitya, Śītya, Sītya: 8 definitions

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Shitya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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 Śītya can be transliterated into English as Sitya or Shitya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Sitya in India is the name of a plant defined with Sporobolus indicus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vilfa erosa Trin. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Grasses Ceylon (1956)
· De Graminibus unifloris et sesquifloris (1824)
· Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. Seconde Partie: Sciences Naturelles (1840)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1817)
· Observationes Botanicae (1789)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śītya (शीत्य).—See सीत्य (sītya).

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Sītya (सीत्य).—a. Measured out by furrows, tilled, ploughed.

-tyam Rice, corn, grain.

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

Śītya (शीत्य).—mfn.

(-tyaḥ-tyā-tyaṃ) 1. Ploughed, tilled: more usually sītya. 2. To be cooled or chilled. E. śīta cold, or śītā a furrow, yat aff.

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Sītya (सीत्य).—mfn.

(-tyaḥ-tyā-tyaṃ) Ploughed, tilled. n.

(-tyaṃ) Corn, grain, rice, &c. E. sītā a furrow, yat aff.; also śītya .

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

Sītya (सीत्य).—i. e. sīta + ya, I. adj. Tilled, ploughed. Ii. n. Corn, grain.

— Cf. probably .

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

1) Śītya (शीत्य):—[from śīta] mfn. to be cooled or chilled, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] ploughed, tilled (in this sense more usually sītya), [ib.]

3) Sītya (सीत्य):—[from ] mfn. ploughed, [Pāṇini; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] n. corn, grain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. [probably] [Greek] σῖτος).

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

1) Śītya (शीत्य):—[(tyaḥ-tyā-tyaṃ) a.] Ploughed, tilled; that may be cooled.

2) Sītya (सीत्य):—[(tyaḥ-tyā-tyaṃ) a.] Ploughed, tilled. n. Corn, grain.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shitya in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sītya (ಸೀತ್ಯ):—[noun] ploughed; tilled.

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Sītya (ಸೀತ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] plowed land.

2) [noun] grain or corn.

3) [noun] the seedling of paddy, rāgi, etc. plants.

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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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