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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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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  2. चिविटciviṭa= चिपिट q. v.

    Equivalent to चिपिट quod vide, which see

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विटviṭa[vita] m. rogue; voluptuary, paramour (in attendance on a courtezan); parasite (as companion of a prince).

    [vita] masculine rogue; voluptuary, paramour (in attendance on a courtezan); parasite (as companion of a prince).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विटviṭam. (derivation doubtful) a voluptuary, sensualist, bon-vivant, boon-companion, rogue, knave Ka1v. Ra1jat.…
    1. masculine gender (derivation doubtful) a voluptuary, sensualist, bon-vivant, boon-companion, rogue, knave Ka1v. Ra1jat. Katha1s. etc. (in the drama, especially in the Mr2icchakat2ika1 मृच्छकटिका, he is the companion of a dissolute prince and resembles in some respects the Vidu1shaka विदूषक, being generally represented as a parasite on familiar terms with his associate, but at the same time accomplished in the arts of poetry, music, and singing; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' a term of reproach gaRa खसूच्य्-आदि Gan2ar. Lexicographers also "the keeper of a prostitute; a catamite; a mouse; Acacia Catechu; the orange tree; a kind of salt; Equivalent to प्राञ्चल्लोह [?]; Equivalent to विटप Name of a mountain")
    2. neuter gender a house Gal.
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  2. कटुकविटपkaṭukaviṭapam. pl. N. of a species of plant VarBr2S.

    masculine gender plural Name of a species of plant VarBr2S.

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  3. कर्णविट्कkarṇaviṭkan. (fr. -विष् below), excretion or wax of the ear Sus3r.

    neuter gender (from -विष् below), excretion or wax of the ear Sus3r.

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  4. कल्पविटपिन्kalpaviṭapinm. = -तरु Katha1s. xxii, 29
    1. masculine gender Equivalent to -तरु Katha1s. xxii, 29
    2. masculine gender lxxxvi, 77 .
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  5. कविटkaviṭam. N. of a R2ishi ऋषि .
    1. masculine gender Name of a R2ishi ऋषि .
    2. कविय see कव्/इ .
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  6. चिविटciviṭam. = चिपिटक L. Sch.

    masculine gender Equivalent to चिपिटक Lexicographers Scholiast or Commentator

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  7. तरुविटपtaruviṭapam. a branch W.

    masculine gender a branch W.

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