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Results for चिरण्टी

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चिरण्टीciraṇṭīचिरिण्टी [ciriṇṭī], चिरिण्टी [चिरेण अटति पितृगृहात् भर्तृगेहम् अट् अच् पृषो˚ Tv.]
1. चिरिण्टी ciriṇṭī, चिरिण्टी चिरेण अटति पितृगृहात् भर्तृगेहम् अट् अच् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Tv.
2. A woman married or single who continues to reside after maturity in her father's house.
3. A young woman (in general); देव न प्रत्ययः स्त्रीषु चपलास्वखिलास्वपि । चिरण्टीष्वपि न ग्राह्यो वेशस्त्रीष्विव सर्वदा ॥ Ks.58.56.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चिरण्टीciraṇṭīf. = चर्˚ Pa1n2. 4-1, 20 Pat.

feminine Equivalent to चर्that the rest of a word is to be supplied Pa1n2. 4-1, 20 Pat.

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