# चित्राङ्गदा (citrāṅgadā)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `citrANgadA`  **IAST:** citrāṅgadā  **Devanagari:** चित्राङ्गदा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitrangada_%28princess%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chitrangada/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** चित्राङ्गद (citrāṅgada), चित्रान्गद (citrāngada)

## Meanings by context

### Male individuals named Citrāṅgada (4 definitions)
- Name of a king of Dasharna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > चित्रा (citrā) ङ्गद (ṅgada) m. N. of a king of Daśārṇa, Mahābhārata (Title) xiv, 2471 [ ID=73931 ]
- the son of Shantanu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son (of Śāntanu, i; Harivaṃśa (Title) ix, 22, 20; of Indra-sena v.l. See चन्द्रा (candrā) ङ्ग् (ṅg) ° (°) ) [ ID=73932 ]
- a Gandharva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Gandharva (person of the play Dūtāṅgada) [ ID=73933 ]
- a Vidyadhara  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Vidyā-dhara, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) xxii, 136 [ ID=73934 ]

### Citrāṅgada as a recorder/secretary (2 definitions)
- pertaining to a divine recorder of human deeds  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a divine recorder of men's deeds, Ācāranirṇaya (Title) [ ID=73935 ]
- the secretary of a man of rank  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (= - गुप्त (-gupta) ) the secretary of a man of rank, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=73936 ]

### Citrāṅgadā, an Apsaras/celestial maiden (2 definitions)
- the name of an Apsaras  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 397,2] चित्रा (citrā) ङ्गदा (ṅgadā) f. N. of an Apsaras, Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 1424 [ ID=73937 ]
- an Apsaras  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Citrāṅgadā 2, an Apsaras. § 731 b (Aṣṭāvakra-Diksaṃv.): XIII, 19 β, 1424 (enumeration). [ ID=2124 ]

### Citrāṅgadā, wife of Arjuna (2 definitions)
- a wife of Arjuna, daughter of Citravahana, and mother of Babhruvahana  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a wife of Arjuna (daughter of Citra-vāhana and mother of Babhru-vāhana), i, xiv [ ID=73938 ]
- Daughter of Citravahana, wife of Arjuna, and mother of Babhruvahana.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > चित्राङ्गदा (citrāṅgadā) [Printed book page 177-1 ] Citrāṅgadā 1, 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, 1 α, 23 (waited upon Gāndhārī); 15 ν, †437 (accompanies Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī to the forest).—§ 788 (do.): XV, 25 γ, †666.— § 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1, 28 (sets out for Maṇipūra). Cf. Caitravāhanī. [ ID=2123 ]

### Adorned with variegated bracelets (1 definition)
- decorated with variegated bracelets  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 397,2] चित्रा (citrā) ङ्गद (ṅgada) mfn. decorated with variegated bracelets, Mahābhārata (Title) ii, 348 [ ID=73930 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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