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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (p)

Sitetara (सितेतर) refers to a “black color”, according to the second chapter of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā (Toxicology).—Accordingly, text text dictates that a Garuḍa-upāsaka, the aspirant, must meditate on Garuḍa of the following form—He is of golden colour up to his knees, white like the snow at the hip, red like vermilion at the neck and with black (sitetara) hair. [...]

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sitetara (सितेतर).—a. other than white; i.e. black. °गतिः (gatiḥ) fire.

Sitetara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sita and itara (इतर).

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

Sitetara (सितेतर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Black. E. sita white, itara reverse.

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

Sitetara (सितेतर).—adj. black.

Sitetara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sita and itara (इतर).

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

Sitetara (सितेतर).—[adjective] black, dark, blue (lit. opposite of white).

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

1) Śītetara (शीतेतर):—[from śīta] mfn. other than cold, hot

2) Sitetara (सितेतर):—[from sita] mfn. ‘other than wh°’, black, dark, blue, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Kumāra-sambhava; Laghujātaka, by Varāha-mihira]

3) [v.s. ...] white and black, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of dark-coloured rice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Dolichos Uniflorus, [ib.]

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

Sitetara (सितेतर):—[(raḥ-rā-raṃ) a.] Black.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sitetara (सितेतर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sieara.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sitetara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sitētara (ಸಿತೇತರ):—

1) [noun] that which is not white; any colour other than white, esp. black.

2) [noun] a kind of horse.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Itara, Sita.

Starts with: Shitetaracis, Shitetararashmi, Sitetaragati, Sitetarasaroja.

Full-text: Sitetaragati, Shitetararashmi, Sitetarasaroja, Shitetaracis, Sieara, Saroja.

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