"चिता" meaning in Sanskrit

See चिता in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From the root चि (ci) + -ता (-tā), 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”). Etymology templates: {{suf|sa|चि|-ता|nocat=|pos1=|pos2=|t1=|t2=|tr2=}} चि (ci) + -ता (-tā), {{root|sa|sa|चि}}, {{root|sa|ine-pro|*kʷey-}}, {{sa-root|चि|-ता|PIE=kʷey}} From the root चि (ci) + -ता (-tā), {{der|sa|ine-pro|*kʷey-||to pile up}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up”), {{cog|grc|ποιέω||to pile up}} Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up”), {{cog|cu|чинъ||rank, order}} Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “rank, order”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f}} चिता • (citā) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f|citā́}} Forms: citā [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], चिता [nominative, singular], चिते [dual, nominative], चिताः [nominative, plural], चिते [singular, vocative], चिते [dual, vocative], चिताः [plural, vocative], चिताम् [accusative, singular], चिते [accusative, dual], चिताः [accusative, plural], चितया [instrumental, singular], चिता1 [instrumental, singular], चिताभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], चिताभिः [instrumental, plural], चितायै [dative, singular], चिताभ्याम् [dative, dual], चिताभ्यः [dative, plural], चितायाः [ablative, singular], चितायै2 [ablative, singular], चिताभ्याम् [ablative, dual], चिताभ्यः [ablative, plural], चितायाः [genitive, singular], चितायै2 [genitive, singular], चितयोः [dual, genitive], चितानाम् [genitive, plural], चितायाम् [locative, singular], चितयोः [dual, locative], चितासु [locative, plural]
  1. pile of wood used at funerals for cremating corpses
    Sense id: en-चिता-sa-noun-Na~KgQVN Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चि, Sanskrit terms suffixed with -ता, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 95 5 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चि: 76 24 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -ता: 87 13 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 95 5
  2. layer
    Sense id: en-चिता-sa-noun-2sHXz6lQ
     
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        [
          "cremating",
          "cremating"
        ],
        [
          "corpses",
          "corpses"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "layer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "layer",
          "layer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "चिता"
}

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