चिता chitā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

A pile of wood (on which the Hindūs burn their dead), a funeral pile, pyre.

Usual translation

  1. pyre

Origin of the definition

S چتا चिता ćitā , s.f. A pile of wood (on which the Hindūs burn their dead), a funeral pile, pyre: — ćitārohan (ćitā+āro˚), s.m. Ascending the funeral pile, the burning (of a widow) with the corpse of her husband: — ćitā-pind, s.m. An offering of cakes, rice, milk, &c. to the manes at the time of burning a corpse: — ćitā-ćūṛak, s.m. A mark where a funeral pile has been, a monument, a mausoleum.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

39 occurrences

In 29 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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Created
Wednesday 24 February 2021
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Wednesday 7 August 2024