चिता
Hindi
Noun
चिता • (citā) f
- a pile of wood used for lighting the funeral pyre, for cremation
- c. 1800, Betal Pachisi :
- राजा की चिता तैयार हुई। सेनापति वहाँ गया और उसमें कूद पड़ा।
- rājā kī citā taiyār huī. senāpti vahā̃ gayā aur usmẽ kūd paṛā.
- The king's funeral pyre was readied. The general went and jumped in it.
- राजा की चिता तैयार हुई। सेनापति वहाँ गया और उसमें कूद पड़ा।
- (literary) a pile, heap
Sanskrit
Etymology
Feminine of चित (citá, “piled up”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up”) whence also the verb चिनोति (cinoti). Cognate with Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up”) and Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “rank, order”).
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of चिता | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | चिता (citā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | चितायाः (citāyāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | चिता (citā) | चिते (cite) | चिताः (citāḥ) |
| Vocative | चिते (cite) | चिते (cite) | चिताः (citāḥ) |
| Accusative | चिताम् (citām) | चिते (cite) | चिताः (citāḥ) |
| Instrumental | चितया (citayā) | चिताभ्याम् (citābhyām) | चिताभिः (citābhiḥ) |
| Dative | चितायै (citāyai) | चिताभ्याम् (citābhyām) | चिताभ्यः (citābhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | चितायाः (citāyāḥ) | चिताभ्याम् (citābhyām) | चिताभ्यः (citābhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | चितायाः (citāyāḥ) | चितयोः (citayoḥ) | चितानाम् (citānām) |
| Locative | चितायाम् (citāyām) | चितयोः (citayoḥ) | चितासु (citāsu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “चिता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 394.
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