mita मित – moderate; limited; measured
adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary adjective
moderate; limited; measured
Cappeller 1891 adjective
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mitá1 ·a. measured, defined, limited; scanty, succinct, small, concise; examined, known.
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mitá2 ·a. fixed, firm, solid.
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · Word type unspecified
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1. mita, as, ā, am, Ved. fixed in the earth, founded, established; erected, built; cast, thrown, thrown away, scattered.
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mita 2 . mita, as, ā, am (fr. rt. 3. mā; for 1. mita see above), measured, meted, measured off, measured out, containing a particular measure, measuring, (akṣarāṇi ṣaṭ-triṃśad Gāyatrī mitā, the Gāyatrī measuring or consisting of thirty-six syllables); defined, limited, bounded; measured, moderate, regular, scanty, frugal, sparing, little, brief, succinct, concise (e. g. mitaṃ dadāti, he gives little or sparingly; mitā ṭīkā, a concise commentary); examined, investigated, known, un- derstood; (as), m., N. of a divine being (associated with Sammita).
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Mita, meya, &c. See s. v.
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine
1. mita (partic. von 3. mā) 1〉 adj. VOP. 26,119. P. 7,4,40. śreṇi u. s. w. werden mit mita componirt gaṇa kṛtādi zu P. 2,1,59. Accent eines auf mita ausgehenden comp. P. 6,2,170. a〉 abgemessen, begrenzt, messend, ein bestimmtes Maass habend: mitā bhūḥ patyāpām das Meer begrenzt die Erde Spr. 461, v. l. akṣarāṇi tu ṣaṭtriṃśadgāyatrī brahmaṇo mitā misst —, besteht aus 34 Silben ṚV. PRĀT. 16,7. mānāntarārdhena mitāṃ śalākām im Maasse gleichkommend SŪRYAS. 6,20. (manvantaraiḥ) ebhirmitaḥ kalpo yugasahasraparyayaḥ BHĀG. P. 8,13,37. ucchrāyāddviguṇamitāṃ tyaktvā bhūmim zweimal so viel VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,76. hastamitaṃ khātvā śvabhram VARĀH. BṚH. S. 92. dvyaṅgulamito 'kṣikośaḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,11. parvamita (chidra) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 79,34. abdaistārakāmitaiḥ in so viel Jahren als das Maass der Sterne angiebt VARĀH. BṚH. S. 98,3. kuṇḍa˚ P. 6,2,170, Sch. sahasramitamastaka so v. a. tausend PAÑCAR. 2,2,41. mitaistasmācchataguṇaistatra sundaramandiraiḥ hundert Mal so viel PAÑCAR. 1,7,55. vasvaṣṭāṣṭamite śāke im Jahre 888 der Śāka-Aera BHAṬṬOTP._zu_VARĀH. BṚH. am Ende. bhedairabdhimitaiḥ so v. a. sieben Z. f. d. K. d. M. 4,324. akṣayaṃ tūṇaratnaṃ siddhimitaṃ tava einer Zauberkraft gleichkommend KATHĀS. 46,78. — b〉 abgemessen so v. a. mässig, kärglich, wenig: mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ mātā mitaṃ mutaḥ . amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet .. Spr. 2195. mitaṃ bhuṅkte saṃvibhajyāśritebhyo mitaṃ svapityamitaṃ karma kṛtvā Spr. 4717. caturthakālamaśnīyādakṣāralavaṇaṃ mitam M. 11,109. turagairmitaiḥ RĀJA-TAR. 5,453. mitapuṇyatā RĀJA-TAR. 1,158. avakāśa Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7,12, Śl. 44. pṛṣṭaḥ satyaṃ mitaṃ brūte in wenigen Worten Spr. 2544. giraḥ RAGH. 9,44. mitairvacobhiḥ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 213,b, No. 508. mitāṃ mugdhabodhasya ṭīkām gedrängt, kurz Verz. d. Oxf. H. 174,b, No. 395. gopālagopīstadvaktre vinīlamitalocanāḥ wohl klein PAÑCAR. 3,7,33. — c〉 ermessen, erkannt, erforscht: ameyo mitalokastvam RAGH. 10,18. — 2〉 m. Bez. eines best. göttlichen Wesens (neben saṃmita) YĀJÑ. 1,284. — Vgl. a˚ (unermesslich, unberechenbar gross, unendlich —, sehr viel: amitātman MBH. 3,11924. bala HARIV. 13974. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 54,13. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 70,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 81,29. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,41. amitaṃ karma kṛtvā Spr. 4717. ohne bestimmtes Maass VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,16. amitatva n. Unermesslichkeit HARIV. 13976), 1. su˚.
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2. mita partic. von 1. mi s. das. und vgl. 2. sumita.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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3. mita m. N. pr. eines Ṛṣi im dritten Manvantara VP. 23,7.
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1. mita s. u. 3. mā.
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2. mitá s. u. 1. mi.
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1. mitá s. oben u. 3. mā. [Nachtrag, Band 5]
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1. mitá V. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]
Apte 1890 adjective
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mita p. p. [mi mā-vā-kta] 1 Measured, meted or measured out. 2 Measured off, bounded, defined. 3 Limited, measured, moderate, little, scanty, sparing, brief (words &c.); pṛṣṭaḥ satyaṃ mitaṃ brūte sa bhṛtyorho mahībhujāṃ Pt. 1. 87; R. 9. 34. 4 Measuring, of the measure of; (at the end of comp.), as in grahavasukaricaṃdramite varṣe i. e. in 1889. 5 Investigated, examined. 6 Cast, thrown away. 7 Built. 8 Established, founded. Comp. — akṣara a. brief, measured, short, concise; Ku. 5. 63. 2 composed in verse, metrical. — (rā) N. of a celebrated commentary by Vijñāneśvara on Yājñavalkya's Smṛti. — artha a. of measured meaning. — arthakaḥ a cautious envoy. — āhāra a. sparing in diet. — (raḥ) moderation in eating. — druḥ the sea. — bhāṣin, -vāc a. speaking little or measured words; mahīyāṃsaḥ prakṛtyā mitabhāṣiṇaḥ Śi. 2. 13. — bhukta a. moderate in diet. — vyayin a. frugal, economical.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
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mita s. 3. mā u. 1. mi.
Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified
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mita mita (pp. de mā) mesuré; limité; distribué, divisé, éparpillé. mitaṅgama m. (gam) éléphant [qui va en mesure]. mitadru m. la mer, l'Océan. mitabhāṣin a. ép. de certains officiers du Sacrifice, Vd. mitampaca m. (pac) avare [qui fait peu de cuisine; cf. kimpaca]. mitākṣara n. (akṣara) la parole mesurée, les vers. mitāśana a. (aś) qui mange peu, frugal.
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