Name of a king of Dasharna
चित्रा (citrā)ङ्गद (ṅgada) m. N. of a king of Daśārṇa, Mahābhārata (Title) xiv, 2471 [ID=73931]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
चित्राङ्गदाcitrāṅgadā
चित्राङ्गदा (citrāṅgadā) is a Sanskrit word meaning decorated with variegated bracelets, name of a king of Dasharna, the son of Shantanu, a Gandharva, a Vidyadhara, pertaining to a divine recorder of human deeds. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Male individuals named Citrāṅgada, Citrāṅgada as a recorder/secretary, Citrāṅgadā, an Apsaras/celestial maiden.
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Male individuals named Citrāṅgada
4 definitions
the son of Shantanu
of a son (of Śāntanu, i ; Harivaṃśa (Title) ix, 22, 20 ; of Indra-sena v.l. See चन्द्रा (candrā)ङ्ग् (ṅg)° (°)) [ID=73932]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a Gandharva
of a Gandharva (person of the play Dūtāṅgada) [ID=73933]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a Vidyadhara
of a Vidyā-dhara, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) xxii, 136 [ID=73934]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Citrāṅgada as a recorder/secretary
2 definitions
pertaining to a divine recorder of human deeds
of a divine recorder of men's deeds, Ācāranirṇaya (Title) [ID=73935]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the secretary of a man of rank
(= -गुप्त (-gupta)) the secretary of a man of rank, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ID=73936]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Citrāṅgadā, an Apsaras/celestial maiden
2 definitions
the name of an Apsaras
(H3B) [Printed book page 397,2]
चित्रा (citrā)ङ्गदा (ṅgadā) f. N. of an Apsaras, Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 1424 [ID=73937]
चित्रा (citrā)ङ्गदा (ṅgadā) f. N. of an Apsaras, Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 1424 [ID=73937]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an Apsaras
Citrāṅgadā2, an Apsaras. § 731b (Aṣṭāvakra-Diksaṃv.):
XIII, 19β, 1424 (enumeration).
[ID=2124]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Citrāṅgadā, wife of Arjuna
2 definitions
a wife of Arjuna, daughter of Citravahana, and mother of Babhruvahana
of a wife of Arjuna (daughter of Citra-vāhana and mother of Babhru-vāhana), i , xiv [ID=73938]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Daughter of Citravahana, wife of Arjuna, and mother of Babhruvahana.
चित्राङ्गदा (citrāṅgadā) [Printed book page 177-1]
Citrāṅgadā1, daughter of Citravāhana and mother of Babhru-
Citrāṅgadā1, daughter of Citravāhana and mother of Babhru-
vāhana. § 11 (Parvasaṅg.): I, 2, 608 (°āyāḥ putreṇa
putrikāyāḥ, i.e. Babhruvāhana).—§ 249 (Arjunavanavāsap.):
I, 215, 7826 (the only child of king Citravāhana in Maṇipūra,
whom he made a putrikā, married to Arjuna).—§ 250 (do.):
I, 217, 7883 (C.'s and Arjuna's son Babhruvāhana is installed
upon the throne in Maṇipūra).—§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV,
79, 2339; 80, (2352); 81, 2405 (Caitravāhanī), 2425
(Kauravyaduhituḥ); 88, 2604; In the encounter between
Arjuna and Babhruvāhana both fell down in a swoon.
Babhruvāhana regained consciousness and C. prevailed upon
Ulūpī to revive Arjuna.—§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 1α, 23
(waited upon Gāndhārī); 15ν, †437 (accompanies Dhṛtarāṣṭra
and Gāndhārī to the forest).—§ 788 (do.): XV, 25γ, †666.—
§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1, 28 (sets out for
Maṇipūra). Cf. Caitravāhanī.
[ID=2123]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Adorned with variegated bracelets
1 definition
decorated with variegated bracelets
(H3) [Printed book page 397,2]
चित्रा (citrā)ङ्गद (ṅgada) mfn. decorated with variegated bracelets, Mahābhārata (Title) ii, 348 [ID=73930]
चित्रा (citrā)ङ्गद (ṅgada) mfn. decorated with variegated bracelets, Mahābhārata (Title) ii, 348 [ID=73930]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 2 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.