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Results for चीवरम्

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Apte Dictionary

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

चीवरम्cīvaramA garment (in general); a tatter, rag; प्रेतचीवर- वसा स्वनोग्रया R.11.16.
[चि-ष्वरच् निdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied दीर्घः; चीव्-अरच् वा; Compare Uṇ.3.1]
1. A garment (in general); a tatter, rag; प्रेतचीवर- वसा स्वनोग्रया R.11.16.
2. The dress of any mendicant, particularly of a Buddhist mendicant; चीवराणि परिधत्ते Sk.; चीरचीवरपरिच्छदाम् Māl.1; प्रक्षालितमेतन्मया चीवरखण्डम् Mk.8.
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