# विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `vipracitti`  **IAST:** vipracitti  **Devanagari:** विप्रचित्ति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viprachitti
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/viprachitti/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### A Dānava or Asura (4 definitions)
- a Danava who is the father of Rahu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Dānava (father of Rāhu), Suparṇ.; MBh. &c. ( cf. - चित् (-cit) ) [ ID=197455.2 ]
- the name of a Danava  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti) [Printed book page 0928-b ] विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti) vipracitti, is, m., N. of a Dānava. [ ID=43295 ]
- An Asura  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti) [Printed book page 738-2 ] Vipracitti, an Asura. § 92 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2530 (eldest son of Danu).—§ 130 (do.): I, 67, 2640 (incarnate as Jarāsandha).—§ 268 (Varuṇasabhāv.): II, 9, 365 (in the palace of Varuṇa).—§ 585 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 94, 4212 ( yathā Śakro…purā vivyādha Dānavaṃ V°ṃ ).—§ 587 (do.): VI, 108, 5031 ( praikṣanta…yudhyamānaṃ… V°im (C., °am ) ivāmarāḥ ).—§ 612 (Hradapraveśap.): IX, 31 ζ, 1754 (had been slain).—§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 98 ξ, 3661 ( Daiteyaṃ, had been slain by Indra; C. has V°aṃ ).— § 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.): XII, 166 γ, 6146.—§ 664 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 207, 7545 ( °pradhānān Dānavān [“sons of Danu”]).—§ 673 b (Bali-Vāsavasaṃv.): XII, 227 α, 8262. Cf. Daiteya, Dānava, Dānavarṣabha. [ ID=12114 ]
- a servant of Hiranyakashipu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vipracitti (II) — a servant of Hiraṇyakaśipu. Vi. I. 19. 52. [ ID=12973 ]

### A Preceptor or Teacher (2 definitions)
- an epithet of a preceptor  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > विप्र (vipra) — चित्ति (—citti) m. N. of a preceptor, BṛĀrUp. [ ID=197455.1 ]
- the name of a teacher  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti) [Printed book page 2-302 ] Vipra-citti 1 or Vipra-jitti 2 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 ]

### An Apsaras (2 definitions)
- the name of an Apsaras  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > विप्र (vipra) — चित्ति (—citti) f. N. of an Apsaras, VP. [ ID=197455.3 ]
- an Apsaras with the sun in Hemanta  
  *The Purana Index*
  > विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti) [Printed book page 3-245 ] Vipracitti (I) — an Apsaras with the sun in Hemanta. Vā. 52. 18. [ ID=12972 ]

### Sagacious (adjective) (1 definition)
- sagacious  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 973,1] विप्र (vipra) — चित्ति (—citti) ( विप्र (vipra)- (vipra-) ), mfn. sagacious, TBr. [ ID=197455 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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