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Entry विट

विटviṭaA paramour; त्वद्वत्सलः क्व स तपस्विज- नस्य हन्ता कन्याविटः पतिरसौ परिरक्षतु त्वाम् Māl.8.8; Śi.4.48.
[विट्-क]
1. A paramour; त्वद्वत्सलः क्व स तपस्विज- नस्य हन्ता कन्याविटः पतिरसौ परिरक्षतु त्वाम् Māl.8.8; Śi.4.48.
2. A voluptuary, sensualist; प्रतिक्षणं नव्यवदच्युतस्य यत् स्त्रिया विटानामिव साधुवार्ता Bhāg.1.13.2.
3. (In dramas) The companion of a prince or dissolute young man, or of a courtezan (who is described as being skilled in the arts of singing, music, and poetry and as a parasite on familiar terms with his associate to whom he nearly serves the purpose of the Vidūṣaka; seeinter alia Mk. acts 1, 5 and 8); for definition, see S. D.78; अन्येभ्यश्च वसन्ति येऽस्य भवने लब्धप्रसादा विटाः Mu.3.14.
4. A rogue, cheat.
5. A catamite.
6. A rat.
7. The Khadira tree.
8. The orange tree.
9. A branch together with its shoot.
10. A mineral salt.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कान्ता turmeric.
- -पेटकः, -कम् a multitude of rogues.
- -माक्षिकम् a kind of mineral.
- -लवणम् a medicinal salt.
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