Alternative spellings of this word include Udriktachitta.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Udriktacitta (उद्रिक्तचित्त) refers to “overweening minds”, according to the seventeenth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 91. Accordingly, as the Vetāla said to king Trivikramasena:—“... servants are bound to preserve their masters even by the sacrifice of their lives. But kings are inflated with arrogance, uncontrollable as elephants, and when bent on enjoyment they snap as under the chain of the moral law. For their minds are overweening [viz., udriktacitta], and all discernment is washed out of them when the waters of inauguration are poured over them, and is, as it were, swept away by the flood. [...]”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning udriktacitta, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Udriktacitta (उद्रिक्तचित्त).—A mind abounding in (goodness &c.); Pañch. 1.6.12.

Derivable forms: udriktacittam (उद्रिक्तचित्तम्).

Udriktacitta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms udrikta and citta (चित्त).

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

1) Udriktacitta (उद्रिक्तचित्त):—[=ud-rikta-citta] [from ud-rikta > ud-ric] n. a mind abounding in (goodness etc.), [Pañcarātra i, 6, 12]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. having a lofty mind, proud, arrogant, [Kathāsaritsāgara xci, 55.]

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Udriktacitta 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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Partial matches: Udrikta, Citta.

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