citrā | चित्रा | citrA
citrā/ | चित्रा/ | (ā/ | आ/ |),f. Spica virginis, the 12th (in later reckoning the 14th) lunar mansion, AV. xix, 7, 3; TS. ii, iv, vii; TBr. i; ŚBr. ii, &c.
a kind of snake, L.
N. of a plant (Salvinia cucullata, L.; Cucumis maderaspatanus, L.; a kind of cucumber, L.; Ricinus communis, L.; Croton polyandrum or Tiglium, L.; the Myrobalan tree, L.; Rubia Munjista, L.; the grass Gaṇḍadūrvā, L.), Car. vii, 12 (= dravanti | द्रवन्ति |), Suśr.
a metre of 4 × 16 syllabic instants
another of 4 × 15 syllables
another of 4 × 16 syllables
a kind of stringed instrument
a kind of Mūrchanā (in music)
illusion, unreality, L.
‘born under the asterism Citrā (Pāṇ. iv, 3, 34, Vārtt. 1)’, N. of Arjuna's wife (sister of Kṛṣṇa = suBadrā | सुBअद्रा |, L.), Hariv. 1952
N. of a daughter of Gada (or Kṛṣṇa v.l.), 9194
N. of an Apsaras, L.
N. of a river, Divyāv. xxx
N. of a rock, BhP. xii, 8, 17
citrā/ | चित्रा/ | f. pl. the asterism Citrā, VarBṛS. xi, 57
a kind of snake, L.
N. of a plant (Salvinia cucullata, L.; Cucumis maderaspatanus, L.; a kind of cucumber, L.; Ricinus communis, L.; Croton polyandrum or Tiglium, L.; the Myrobalan tree, L.; Rubia Munjista, L.; the grass Gaṇḍadūrvā, L.), Car. vii, 12 (= dravanti | द्रवन्ति |), Suśr.
a metre of 4 × 16 syllabic instants
another of 4 × 15 syllables
another of 4 × 16 syllables
a kind of stringed instrument
a kind of Mūrchanā (in music)
illusion, unreality, L.
‘born under the asterism Citrā (Pāṇ. iv, 3, 34, Vārtt. 1)’, N. of Arjuna's wife (sister of Kṛṣṇa = suBadrā | सुBअद्रा |, L.), Hariv. 1952
N. of a daughter of Gada (or Kṛṣṇa v.l.), 9194
N. of an Apsaras, L.
N. of a river, Divyāv. xxx
N. of a rock, BhP. xii, 8, 17
citrā/ | चित्रा/ | f. pl. the asterism Citrā, VarBṛS. xi, 57