As a Hindi name
चीवर · noun · masculine
योगियों, संन्यासियों या भिक्षुओं का फटा पुराना कपडा · बौद्ध संन्यासियों के पहनने के वस्त्र का ऊपरी भाग — Śabdasāgara
चीवर · ćīvar · s.m.
The tattered dress of a mendicant (especially of a Buddhist) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 472
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the dress or rags of a religious (esp. Buddhist or Jain) monk, &c.
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Dictionary citations
cīvara m. iron filings, Gobh. iv, 9, 7
cīvara n. the dress or rags of a religious (esp. Buddhist or Jain) monk, ŚāṅkhŚr. ii, 16, 2; Pāṇ. iii, 1, 20; MBh. i, 3638; Mṛcch. &c.
cīvara n. (-raṃ) The tattered dress of a Bauddha mendicant, or of any mendicant. E. ci to collect, &c. and svarac Uṇādi aff.
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