As a deity name
Name 748 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 142 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
चीरना
to split, rend; to form a path, cut a way
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set चिरना (cirnā) चीरना (cīrnā) चिराना (cirānā) चिरवाना (cirvānā) Etymology tree Sanskrit चीर (cīra) Prakrit चीर (cīra)der. Hindi चीरना Verbal derivative from Prakrit चीर (cīra, “a strip”), whence चीर (cīr, “a strip, rag”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
id., and; &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
cīra—vāsas mfn. id., Mn. xi, 102 and 106; MBh. xiii &c.
cīra—vāsas m. N. of Śiva, xiii f.
of a Yakṣa, ii, 399
of a prince, i, 2697.
cīravāsas mfn. (-sāḥ-sāḥ-saḥ) Clothed in tatters. E. cīra, and vāsas vesture.
Alternative readings
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