citra

citrá mf(A/)n. conspicuous, excellent, distinguished, [RV.]

bright, clear, bright-coloured, [RV.]

clear (a sound), [RV.]

variegated, spotted, speckled (with instr. or in comp.), [Nal. iv, 8]; [R.]; [Mṛcch.]; [VarBṛS.]

agitated (as the sea, opposed to sama), [R. iii, 39, 12]

various, different, manifold, [Mn. ix, 248]; [Yājñ. i, 287]; [MBh.] &c.

(execution) having different varieties (of tortures), [Mn. ix, 248]; [Daś. vii, 281]

strange, wonderful, [Rājat. vi, 227]

containing the word citrá, [ŚBr. vii, 4, 1, 24]; [KātyŚr. xvii]

leaping to and fro, [Jātakam.]

citrá (ás),m. variety of colour, [L.], Sch.

Plumbago zeylanica, [L.]

Ricinus communis, [L.]

Jonesia Aśoka, [L.]

a form of Yama, [Tithyād.]

N. of a king, [RV. viii, 21, 18] (cítra)

of a Jābāla-gṛhapati (with the patr. Gauśrāyaṇi), [KauṣBr. xxiii, 5]

of a king (with the patr. Gāṅgyāyani), [KauṣUp. i]

of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh. i], [vii]

of a Draviḍa king, [PadmaP. v, 20, 1] (v.l. °trākṣa)

of a Gandharva, [Gal.]

citrá (ám), n. anything bright or coloured which strikes the eyes, [RV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [TāṇḍyaBr. xviii, 9]

a brilliant ornament, ornament, [RV. i, 92, 13]; [ŚBr. ii], [xiii]

a bright or extraordinary appearance, wonder, [ii]; [Śak.]; [Pañcat.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c.

(with yadi [[Śak. iii, 9/10]] or yad [[Hariv. 9062]; [Śak.]; [Kathās. xviii, 359]] or fut. [[Pāṇ. iii, 3, 150 f.]]) strange, curious (e.g. citraṃ badhiro vyākaraṇam adhyeṣyate ‘it would be strange if a deaf man should learn grammar’, [Kāś.])

strange! [Hariv. 15652]; [Kathās. v], [vii]; [Rājat. i], [iv]

the ether, sky, [L.]

a spot, [MBh. xiii, 2605]

a sectarial mark on the forehead, [L.]

= kuṣṭha, [L.]

citrá n. a picture, sketch, delineation, [MBh.]; [Hariv. 4532] (sa-citra mfn. = -ga), [R.]; [Śak.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Megh. 64])

citrá n. variety of colour, [L.]

a forest (vana for dhana?) of variegated appearance Sch. on [KātyŚr. xxi, 3, 23] and [ṢaḍvBr. ii, 10]

various modes of writing or arranging verses in the shape of mathematical or other fanciful figures (syllables which occur repeatedly being left out or words being represented in a shortened form), [Sarasv. ii, 16]; [Kpr. ix, 8]; [Sāh.]

punning in the form of question and answer, facetious conversation, riddle, [iv, 14/v]; [Pratāpar.]; [Kuval.]

cf. a- and su-citrá, dā́nu-, vi-

caitra.

citrá °traka, °traṭa, &c. See √ 4. cit.