Cita, Ci-ta: 24 definitions
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Cita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chita.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation侱 (चिता) refers to the “funeral pyre�, according to the Śivapurṇa 2.3.27 (“Description of the fraudulent words of the Brahmacrin�).—Accordingly, as Śiva (in guise of a Brahmacrin) said to Prvatī: “[...] Sandal paste is applied on your body, while the ashes of the funeral pyre [i.e., -] on that of Śiva. Where your silken garment and where the elephant-hide of Śiva. Where the divine ornaments and where the serpents of Śiva? Where the deities that move about and where Śiva, fond of goblins and their oblations? Where the pleasing sound of his tabor? Where His peculiar drum called Damaru? Where the set of fine drums and the inauspicious sound of his horn? [...]�.

The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) 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)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: Rj nighaṇṭuCīt in the Hindi, or 侱 in the Begali language refers to Citraka, also identified with (1) [white variety] Plumbago zeylanica Linn.; (2) [red variety] Plumbago rosea Linn. syn. or Plumbago indica Linn., both from the Plumbaginaceae or “leadwort� family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.43-45 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rjanighaṇṭu. Other than the words Cīt or 侱, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which twenty are in Sanskrit.

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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections侱 (चिता) refers to the “funeral pyre�, according to the 11th century Jñnrṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Here [in this world], for that same man for whom the splendour of a royal inauguration is seen near daybreak, also on that day the smoke from [his] funeral pyre (-ū) is seen�.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Cita in India is the name of a plant defined with Annona squamosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Guanabanus squamosus M. Gómez (among others).
2) Cita is also identified with Plumbago zeylanica It has the synonym Plumbago rosea L. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series (1938)
· Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise (1775)
· Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. (2006)
· Taxon (1979)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Cita, for example side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarycita : (pp. of cinti) heaped; lined or faced with.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryCita, (pp. of cinti) heaped; lined or faced with (cp. citaka2) pokkharaṇiyo iṭṭhakhi cit D.II, 178, cp. Vin.II, 123.
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)ٲ�
(Burmese text): (�) စီအပ�-ပြုလုပ်အပ�-သော။ (�) ဆည်းပူ�-စီးဖြန်�-ပွါးမျာ�-လေ့လ�-အပ်သော။ (�) စည်ပင�-ပြည့်ဖြို�-သော။ (�) ထင်းပုံ၊ ထင်းကုလားပုံ၊ သူသေကောင်ကိ�-ဖုတ်ကြည်�-မီ� သြင်္ဂိုဟ�-ရာထင်းပုံ။ (�) သဲပုံစေတီ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Assigned - to be done. (2) To study - the linked - interwoven - aspects. (3) Prosperous and developed. (4) Offering a ceremonial fire for the deceased - the prayer ceremony - of the deceased. (5) Sand sculpture.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryciṭa (चि�).—ad Silently, still. v rha, kara. Ex. mī ita- kē� bōlalō� parantu tō ciṭa kēl nhī�.
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cit (चिता).—f (S) A funeral pile, a pyre. Pr. citē- pēkṣṃ cint kaṭhīṇa Anxiety is worse than death. According to the Shlok cit cint samjēy bindu mtrēṇa cdhik || cit dahati nirjīva� cint dahati jīvina� ||.
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cit (चिता).—f ŧ See ٳ & ٳŧ.
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cīṭa (ची�).—n (Properly īṭa) Chintz.
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cīta (ची�).—a In wrestling. Backed, floored, thrown. 2 fig. Prostrated, ruined, marred: also lost in trade--money. 3 In play with cowries. Thrown on its back--a cowrie, pysa &c. Opp. to 貹ṭa. 4 Scrawled or scribbled. cīta karaṇēṃ To kill outright.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishciṭa (चि�).�ad Silently, still.
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cit (चिता).�f A funeral pile, a pyre.
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cīṭa (ची�).�n Chintz.
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cīta (ची�).�a Thrown, backed; prostrated. Scrawled. cīta karaṇēṃ Kill outright.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCita (चि�).�p. p. [ci-kta]
1) Collected, piled up, heaped, gathered.
2) Hoarded, accumulated; चितचैत्य� महातेजाः (citacaityo mahtej�) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 3.126.38.
3) Got, acquired.
4) Covered with, full of; कृमिकुलचितम् (ṛmܱٲ) ṛh 2.9.
5) Set or inlaid with.
-tam A building.
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侱 (चिता).�
1) A funeral pile, pyre; कुरु संप्रत� तावदाश� मे प्रणिपाताञ्जलियाचितश्चिताम� (kuru saṃprati tvadśu me praṇiptñjaliycitaścitm) Kumrasambhava 4.35; चिताधिरोहणम् (dzṇa) R.8.57; चिताभस्मन् () Kumrasambhava 5.69.
2) A heap, assemblage, multitude
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCita (चि�).�(orig. ppp. of Sanskrit ci-), orig. piled up, heaped up; so, thick, dense (of hair), stout, large (of fingers), full, stout (of the space between the shoulders), in cpds. (1) cita-keśa, having thick, dense hair, one of the anuvyañ- jana of the Buddha: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 343 = Tibetan stug pa, dense, thick; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.44.10, so read with one ms., the other vivitra° (Senart em. citra°); instead ٳṃg 84 has citra-keśa, which I believe is certainly a corruption; lacking in the Lalitavistara list; (2) citṅguli, with stout, large fingers, another anuvyañjana: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 274 (here Tibetan rgyas = large); con- firmed by Pali according to Burnouf, Lotus, 585; this time the corruption citr° (above) is more widespread, being printed in Ѳ屹ٳ ii.43.9 (only one ms., lacuna in the other); ٳṃg 84 (but one ms. ciṃt°); and Lalitavistara 106.12�13 (Lefm. anu- pūrvacitrṅguliś ca, combining this with anupūrvṅguli; most mss. have the reverse order, as does Tibetan, which also renders by rgyas pa = large, proving that it had cit° [Page229-b+ 71] and not citr°); (3) citntarṃsa (or °śa) (= Pali citan- taraṃsa, e.g. Dīghanikya (Pali) ii.18.10; commentary ii.449.6 antaraṃsa� vuccati dvinna� koṭṭhsna� antara�; ta� cita� pari- puṇṇa� ass ti), with full, well filled-in, space between the shoulders, one of the 32 lakṣaṇa: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 251, Tibetan thal go� rgyas pa = large shoulders; so also Tibetan on Lalitavistara 105.18; all lists of the lakṣaṇa (q.v.) intend the same form, only varying between °ṃsa and °ṃśa. In Ҳṇḍū 69.26 read citta with 2d ed. for cita; see s.v. avabh. See also next.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCita (चि�).—mfn.
(-ٲ�--ٲ�) 1. Covered, veiled, concealed. 2. Collected, accumulated. 3. Piled, heaped. f.
(-) 1. A funeral pile. 2. A heap, an assemblage. E. ci to collect, &c. affix karmaṇi kta; also citi and ī
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary侱 (चिता).—i. e. cita, ptcple. of the pf. pass. of 1. ci, f. A funeral pilc, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 226.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryCita (चि�).—[adjective] covered, strewn with ([instrumental] or —�); [feminine] layer, pile of wood, [especially] funeral pile; [neuter] building.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Cita (चि�):—[from ci] a mfn. piled up, heaped, [Ṛg-veda i, 112, 17; 158, 4; Atharva-veda] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] placed in a line, [Ṛg-veda vii, 18, 10]
3) [v.s. ...] collected, gained, [Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad]
4) [v.s. ...] forming a mass (hair), [Buddhist literature; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] covered, inlaid, set with, [Mahbhrata; Rmyaṇa] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] n. ‘a building� See 貹챹ṣṭ첹-
7) 侱 (चिता):—[from cita > ci] a f. a layer, pile of wood, funeral pile, [Lṭyyana viii; Mahbhrata] etc.
8) [v.s. ...] a heap, multitude, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [from ci] b f. of ta.
10) Cita (चि�):—b 1. citi See �1. ci.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCita (चि�):—[(ta�--ta�) a.] Covered, collected. f. (t) A funeral pile; a heap.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Cita (चि�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Cia, 侱ṇi, Ciyak, Ciyag, ī.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Ciṭa (चि�) [Also spelled chit]:�(nf) a chit.
2) Cita (चि�) [Also spelled chit]:�(a) supine; (lying) flat on the back; (nm) mind, heart; head (of a coin); ~[cora] alluring, appealing (person); he who steals away one’s heart; —[karan] to throw flat on the back; to overpower, to vanquish; —[kara den] to bowl over, to overpower, to vanquish; —[貹ṭa karan] to decide this way or that (by throw of a coin); — [bhī merī 貹ṭa bhī merī] ([aṃṭ mere bpa k]) heads I win, tails you lose; —[hon] to be overpowered, to be vanquished; to fall on the back.
3) 侱 (चिता) [Also spelled chita]:�(nf) funeral pyre; —[para caḍhan] to immolate oneself.
4) Cīt (चीता) [Also spelled chita]:�(nm) a leopard; panther; (a) liked, longed for (as [manacīt]).
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCiṭa (ಚಿ�):—[noun] '[used in dupl. as ಚಿಟಿಟ [citacita]] the sharp, repeated sound (as of blasting mustard seeds being fried).'
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Ciṭa (ಚಿ�):—[adjective] of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little; small.
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Ciṭa (ಚಿ�):�
1) [noun] any bird of very small size.
2) [noun] a small pawn used in the game of dice.
3) [noun] a dice small size.
4) [noun] a small piece, fragment of a whole.
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Cita (ಚಿ�):�
1) [adjective] laid in pile; heaped up; accumulated (at a place).
2) [adjective] covered; filled; full.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCīt (சீதா) noun < Sīt. See சீதை. சீதா பவளக� கொடியன்னவட� டேடி [sithai. sitha pavalag kodiyannavad dedi] (கம்பராமாயணம் உருக்க�. [kambaramayanam urukka.] 85).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Ciṭa (चि�):—n. 1. a piece of paper with something written on it; chit; 2. a piece of note used for cheating in the examination; cheat;
2) Cita (चि�):—n. 1. flat on the back; 2. discouragement; depression; 3. surprise; amazement; 4. (dice) heads;
3) 侱 (चिता):—n. funeral pyre;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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