चेकितान cekitāna
boy 4 syllables SLP1 cekitAna

As a deity name

Name 608 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu

As a Hindi name

चेकितान · noun · masculine

महादेव । शिव · केकय देश के राजा धृष्टकेतु के पुत्र का नाम जिसने महाभारत के युद्ध में पांडवों की सहायता की थी — Śabdasāgara

चेकितान · adj

बहुत बड़ा ज्ञानी — Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "चेकितान" is चेकित + -आन: चेकित means "एक ऋषि का नाम", and the suffix -आन forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(9) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

intelligent (Śiva)

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)

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Monier-Williams (1899) · चेकितान

cekitāna mfn. See √ 4. cit, Intens.

Monier-Williams (1899) · चेकितान

intelligent (Śiva), MBh. vii, xiii

Monier-Williams (1899) · चेकितान

cekitāna m. N. of a prince (ally of the Pāṇḍus), i f., v; Bhag. i, 5; Hariv. 5013 and 5494.

Monier-Williams (1899) · चेकितान

cekitāna See √ cit.

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