As a deity name
Name 627 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
विचित्रा · noun · feminine
एक रागिनी, जिसे कुछ लोग भैरव राग की पाच स्त्रियों में से एक और कुछ लोग त्रिवण, बरारी, गौरी ओर जयंती के मेल से बनी हुई संकर जाति की मानते हैं · श्वेत हिरन (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "विचित्रा" is वि- + चित्रा: चित्रा means "The star Spica virginis", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "विचित्रा" is विचित्र + -आ: विचित्र means "strange, unique", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "विचित्रा" is विचित्र + -आ: विचित्र means "strange, unique", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a white deer
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vicitrā" is the feminine form of "vicitra" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "vicitrā" is derived from "vici" with the trā suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. vici or vicī f. = vīci, a wave, L.
2. vi-√ 1. ci (not always separable from vi- √ 2. ci) P. Ā. -cinoti, -cinute (Impv. -citana, -ciyantu, RV.), to segregate, select, pick out, cull, TS.; ŚBr.; MBh.; to divide, part (hair), VS.; to take away, remove, disperse, RV.; KātyŚr.; to clear, prepare (a road), RV.; to distribute, ib.; to gather, collect, ib.; Pañcat.; to pile or heap up in a wrong way, disarrange, ŚBr.
vi-citrā f. a white deer, MW.
colocynth, L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vi-citrā f. a white deer, MW.
colocynth, L.
(in music) a partic. Mūrchanā, Saṃgīt.
N. of a river, VP.
vi—citra See s.v.
vi-citra mf(ā)n. variegated, many-coloured, motley, brilliant, MBh.; R. &c.
1. vici or vicī f. = vīci, a wave, L.
2. vi-√ 1. ci (not always separable from vi- √ 2. ci) P. Ā. -cinoti, -cinute (Impv. -citana, -ciyantu, RV.), to segregate, select, pick out, cull, TS.; ŚBr.; MBh.; to divide, part (hair), VS.; to take away, remove, disperse, RV.; KātyŚr.; to clear, prepare (a road), RV.; to distribute, ib.; to gather, collect, ib.; Pañcat.; to pile or heap up in a wrong way, disarrange, ŚBr.
Alternative readings
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