citrā चित्रा – N. of the fourteenth lunar mansion consisting of one star

Original text · English · substantive feminine

citrā [citr-ac] 1 N. of the fourteenth lunar mansion consisting of one star; himanirmuktayoryoge citrācaṃdramasoriva R. 1. 46. 2 A kind of snake. 3 Worldly illusion, unreality. Comp. — aṭīraḥ 1 the moon. 2 the forehead spotted with the blood of a goat offered as a victim to a deity. — īśaḥ the moon. — maghā the dawn.