a Danava who is the father of Rahu
of a Dānava (father of Rāhu), Suparṇ.; MBh. &c. (cf. -चित् (-cit)) [ID=197455.2]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
विप्रचित्तिvipracitti
विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti) is a Sanskrit word meaning sagacious, an epithet of a preceptor, a Danava who is the father of Rahu, the name of an Apsaras, the name of a Danava, an Asura. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them A Dānava or Asura, A Preceptor or Teacher, An Apsaras.
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A Preceptor or Teacher
2 definitions
an epithet of a preceptor
विप्र (vipra)—चित्ति (—citti) m. N. of a preceptor, BṛĀrUp. [ID=197455.1]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the name of a teacher
विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti) [Printed book page 2-302]
Vipra-citti 1 or Vipra-jitti2 is the name of a teacher in the first two Vaṃśas (lists of teachers) in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.
[Footnote: 1) ii. 6, 3; iv. 6, 3 Kāṇva]
[Footnote: 2) ii. 5, 22; iv. 5, 28 Mādhyaṃdina.]
[ID=2959]
Vipra-citti 1 or Vipra-jitti2 is the name of a teacher in the first two Vaṃśas (lists of teachers) in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.
[Footnote: 1) ii. 6, 3; iv. 6, 3 Kāṇva]
[Footnote: 2) ii. 5, 22; iv. 5, 28 Mādhyaṃdina.]
[ID=2959]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
An Apsaras
2 definitions
the name of an Apsaras
विप्र (vipra)—चित्ति (—citti) f. N. of an Apsaras, VP. [ID=197455.3]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an Apsaras with the sun in Hemanta
विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti) [Printed book page 3-245]
Vipracitti (I) — an Apsaras with the sun in Hemanta. Vā. 52. 18. [ID=12972]
Vipracitti (I) — an Apsaras with the sun in Hemanta. Vā. 52. 18. [ID=12972]
— The Purana Index
Sagacious (adjective)
1 definition
sagacious
(H3) [Printed book page 973,1]
विप्र (vipra)—चित्ति (—citti) (विप्र (vipra)- (vipra-)), mfn. sagacious, TBr. [ID=197455]
विप्र (vipra)—चित्ति (—citti) (विप्र (vipra)- (vipra-)), mfn. sagacious, TBr. [ID=197455]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.