Apte Dictionary

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Entry गीत

गीतgītap. p.Sung, chanted (lit.); आर्ये साधु गीतम् Ś.1; चारणद्वन्द्वगीतः शब्दः Ś.2.15.
[गै-क्त]
1. Sung, chanted (Literal); आर्ये साधु गीतम् Ś.1; चारणद्वन्द्वगीतः शब्दः Ś.2.15.
2. Declared, told, said; गीतश्चायमर्थोऽङ्गिरसा Māl.2; (see under गै also).
Derived forms and compounds
- -तम् Singing, a song; तवास्मि गीतरागेण हारिणा प्रसभं हृतः Ś.1.5; गीतमुत्सादकारि मृगाणाम् K.32.
- -अयनम् a means or instrument of singing, id est, that is a lute, flute etc. Bhāg.4.4.5.
- -क्रमः the arrangement of a song.
- -गोविन्दम् Name of a lyrical drama by Jayadeva.
- -ज्ञ Adjective versed in the art of singing; गीतज्ञो यदि योगेन नाप्नोति परमं पदम् Y.3.116.
- -प्रिय Adjective fond of song or music. (-यः) an epithet of Śiva. (-या) Name of one of the Mātṛis attending on Skanda.
- -बन्धनम् an epic poem to be sung; शृणुमः किमिदं स्वप्ने गीतबन्धनमुत्तमम् Rām.7.71.21.
- -मोदिन् Masculine a Kinnara.
- -शास्त्रम् the science of music.
In the Gita13·5

ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक् ।

ṛṣibhirbahudhā gītaṁ chandobhirvividhaiḥ pṛthak, — It has been sung by the Rishis in manifold ways in various inspired verses; and also by the Brahma Sutras which give us the rational and philosophic… 13·5
- गीतम्gītamnominative singular of the neuter form of the past participial adjective gīta (that which has been sung).
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