As a deity name
Name 906 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 554 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
wise
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "cidrūpāya" is the dative of "cidrūpa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "cidrūpa" is derived from "cid" with the rūpap suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. cid in comp. for cit.
2. cid ind. even, indeed, also (often merely laying stress on a preceding word; requiring a preceding simple verb to be accentuated [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57] as well as a verb following, if cid is preceded by an interrogative pron. [48]; in Class. only used after interrogative pronouns and adverbs to render them indefinite, and after jātu, q.v.), RV.; VS.; AV.
cid—rūpa mfn. (Vop. ii, 37) = cin-maya, KapS. vi, 50; NṛsUp. (-tva n. abstr.), Sarvad.
wise, L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
cid—rūpa mfn. (Vop. ii, 37) = cin-maya, KapS. vi, 50; NṛsUp. (-tva n. abstr.), Sarvad.
wise, L.
1. cid in comp. for cit.
2. cid ind. even, indeed, also (often merely laying stress on a preceding word; requiring a preceding simple verb to be accentuated [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57] as well as a verb following, if cid is preceded by an interrogative pron. [48]; in Class. only used after interrogative pronouns and adverbs to render them indefinite, and after jātu, q.v.), RV.; VS.; AV.
Alternative readings
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