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चित्ररथ (citraratha)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
चित्ररथ
m.
 (-थः)
1. The sun.
2. The chief of the Gandharbas or cho-
risters of INDRA'S heaven.
E.
 चित्र painted, and रथ a car
lord of the
painted car. चित्रः रथः अस्य ।
Capeller Eng
English
चित्र॑रथ
a.
 having a bright chariot
m.
N.
 of a
Gandharva &
sev.
 men.
Yates
English
चित्र-रथ (थः) 1.
m.
 The sun
a
Gandharba or celestial chorister.
Wilson
English
चित्ररथ
m.
 (-थः)
1 The sun.
2 The chief of the Gandharbas or choristers of INDRA'S heaven.
E.
 चित्र painted, and रथ a car
lord of the painted car.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
चित्र॑—रथ (°त्र॑-),
mfn.
 having a bright chariot (Agni),
RV.
 x, 1, 5
चित्र॑—रथ
m.
 the sun,
L.
the polar star (Dhruva),
BhP.
 iv, 10, 22
N.
 of a man,
RV.
 iv, 30, 18
the king of the Gandharvas,
AV.
 viii, 10, 27
MBh.
Hariv.
Vikr.
Kād.
BhP.
N.
 of a king,
TāṇḍyaBr.
 xx, 12
Pañcat.
of a king of the Aṅgas,
MBh.
 xiii, 2351
of a descendant of Aṅga and son of Dharma-ratha,
Hariv.
 1695 ff.
BhP.
 ix, 23, 6
of a snake-demon,
Kauś.
 74
of a son (of Gada or Kṛṣṇa,
Hariv.
 9193
of Uṣadgu or Ruśeku,
MBh.
 xiii, 6834
Hariv.
 1971
BhP.
 ix, 23, 30
of Vṛṣṇi, 24, 14 and 17
of Gaja, v, 15, 2
of Supārśvaka, ix, 13, 23
of Ukta or Uṣṇa, 22, 39)
of a prince of Mṛttikāvatī,
MBh.
 iii, 11076 (cf.
BhP.
 ix, 16, 3)
of a Sūta,
R.
 ii, 32, 17
of an officer,
Rājat.
 viii, 1438
of a Vidyā-dhara,
L.
cf.
 चैत्ररथ
Macdonell
English
चित्ररथ citrá-ratha,
a.
 having a brilliant 🞄car
m.
 N.
-likhana,
n.
 painting
-likhita, 🞄pp. painted
-lekhā,
f.
 picture
N.
-vat,
a.
 🞄adorned with pictures, painted
-vana,
n.
 (variegated 🞄wood), N. of a forest on the Gandakī
🞄-varti,
f.
 paint-brush
-varti-kā,
f.
 id.
🞄-varman,
m.
 N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
चित्ररथः
पुं*
 चित्र-रथः -
सूर्य
चित्ररथः
पुं*
 चित्र-रथः -
गन्धर्वों के एक राजा का नाम
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
चित्ररथ
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಒಬ್ಬ ಗಂಧರ್ವ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > चित्रो रथोऽस्य
प्रयोगाः - > "भीमश्चित्ररथश्चैव विख्यातः सर्वविद्वशी । इत्येते देवगन्धर्वा मौनेयाः परिकीर्तिताः ॥"
उल्लेखाः - > भा० आदि० ६६-४३
चित्ररथ
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಸೂರ್ಯ
विस्तारः - > "अथ चित्ररथः सूर्यगन्धर्वान्तरयोः पुमान्"- मेदि० ।
L R Vaidya
English
citra-raTa {% m. %} 1. the sun
2. name of a Gandharva king, son of Kaśyapa and Muni, अत्र मुनेस्तनयश्चिरसेनादीनां पंचदशानां भ्रातॄणामधिको गुणैः षोडशश्चित्ररथो नाम समुत्पन्नः Kad., Vikr.i.
Bopp
Latin
चित्ररथ m. (e चित्र et रथ currus)
1) sol.
2) n. pr. Gan-
dharvi.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Citraratha (once Citta°
= Pali Cittaratha
see also Caitra°), n. of one of the groves of the Trāyastriṃśa gods: Mv 〔i.32.5〕
〔149.14〕
〔217.2〕
〔ii.19.16〕 (Citta°)
〔181.7〕
〔451.20〕.
Mahabharata
English
Citraratha^1, king of the Gandharvas. § 101 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2551 (among the Devagandharvas, sons of Muni).-§ 191 (Arjuna): I, 123, 4813 (among the Devagandharvas present at the birth of Arjuna).--§ 221 (Caitrarathap.): I, 170, 6475 (so 'haṃ Cºo bhūtva nāmnā Dagdharatho 'bha{??} says the Gandharva, who, v. 6448, had named himself Aṅgāraparṇa).--§ 269 (Vaiśravaṇasabhāv.): II, 10, 407 (among the Gandharvas in the palace of Kubera).-§ 295 (Dyūtap.): II, 52, 1880 (rājā Cºo Gandharvo Vāsavānugaḥ, had given 400 horses to Yudhishṭhira).--§ 298 (do.): II, 61, 2083 (had given horses to Arjuna).--§ 561h (Arjuna): V, 56, †2226 (sadaśvāh…Cºena dattaḥ, i.e. Arjuna's)- § 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 34, 1230 (Gandharvānāṃ Cºaḥ, sc. asmi, says Kṛshṇa).--§ 595 (Shoḍaśarāj., v. Pṛthu Vainya): VII, 69, 2418 (when the Gandharvas milked the Earth C. was their calf). Cf. Aṅgāraparṇa, Dagdharatha, Gandharva, Gandharvarāja.
Citraratha^2, king of Mṛttikāvatī. § 396 (Jamadagni): III, 116, 10176 (Mārttikāvatakaṃ nṛpaṃ, seeing him bathing, Reṇukā, the wife of Jamadagni, became filled with desire).
Citraratha^3, brother of the Pāñcāla prince Vīraketu. § 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 122, 4903 (slain by Droṇa).
Citraratha^4, an Aṅga king. § 743b (Vipulop.): XIII, 42, 2351 (Aṅgeśvarasya, the husband of Prabhāvatī). Cf. Aṅgapati, Angeśvara, Aṅgendra.
Citraratha^5, the great-grandfather of Kṛshṇa. § 768b (Kṛshṇa Vāsudeva): XII, 147, 6839 (son of Ṛshadgu and father of Śūra).
पुराणम्
English
चित्ररथ १ / CITRARATHA I. (AṄGĀRAPARṄA). A devagandharva.1) Birth. citraratha was the gandharva son of Kaśyapaprajāpati of his wife muni. (Śloka 43, Chapter 65, Ādi Parva).2) citraratha and arjuna. The greatest event in the life of citraratha alias aṅgāraparṇa was the defeat he suffered at the hands of arjuna. The pāṇḍavas after their escape from the lac palace (lākṣāgṛha) through a tunnel arrived in a forest and there they killed the demons Hiḍiṁba and baka. One night they were walking along the shores of the river gaṅgā when they heard a sound of somebody bathing in the river. arjuna who was walking ahead waving a country torch went to see who was bathing at that time of the night. arjuna then saw citraratha enjoying a bath with his wife kumbhīnasī. That period of the night was allotted to the gandharvas, and human beings were not expected to be out walking at that time. citraratha felt it impertinent that arjuna a human being should be out walking at night and peep into the privacy of the gandharvas. The gandharva and arjuna so entered into a combat. citraratha who was a great fighter was, after a grim battle, subdued, bound hand and foot, and brought before his brothers by arjuna. kumbhīnasī followed her exhausted, powerless and spiritless husband and pleaded to dharmaputra to release him. dharmaputra advised arjuna to do so and on getting his release he taught arjuna the famous Cākṣuṣīvidyā--the magic art of seeing by one's own eyes anything and everything in the three worlds: Heaven, Earth and the netherworld. manu was the author of this magic art and from him soma learnt it and from soma viśvāvasu, from viśvāvasu, citraratha and from citraratha, arjuna. Besides this citraratha gave arjuna many chariots and horses.
In return arjuna taught him the secret of the missile Agniśira. Exchanging faith and affection thus citraratha and the pāṇḍavas became friends. He then narrated to the pāṇḍavas many interesting stories, of which the following are a few. The story of the feud between vasiṣṭha and viśvāmitra, story of Tapatīsaṁvaraṇa and tales about the sage parāśara, kalmāṣapāda, adṛśyantī, Bhārgavas, kṛtavīrya and aurva. citraratha advised the pāṇḍavas to have a priest for the sacrificial rites and it was thus that they engaged dhaumya as their family priest.
Since arjuna had destroyed all the chariots belonging to citraratha, the latter got a name ‘Bhagnaratha’ (devoid of chariots). citraratha admitted that arjuna could conquer him because of his vow of celibacy. (Chapters 165 to 183, Ādi Parva, M.B.).3) Other details. (1) citraratha attended one of the birthday festivals of arjuna. (Śloka 52, Chapter 122, Ādi Parva, M.B.).(2) citraratha worshipped kubera sitting in the latter's council. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10, Śloka 26).(3) He offered as a gift to dharmaputra four hundred excellent horses which could fly like wind. (Chapter 52, Śloka 23, Vana Parva).(4) When the gandharvas milked the earth during the time of the emperor, pṛthu, citraratha acted as the calf. (Śloka 39, Chapter 6, harivaṁśa).(5) śiva once sent citraratha as a messenger to asura Śaṁkhacūḍa, with a message that Śaṁkhacūḍa should abandon his satanic activities. (devī bhāgavata, Navama skandha).
चित्ररथ २ / CITRARATHA II. One of the ministers of daśaratha. He belonged to the sūta dynasty. (Śloka 17, ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, vālmīki rāmāyaṇa).
चित्ररथ ३ / CITRARATHA III. A king of sālva. Once reṇukā, wife of jamadagni, after her bath in the river stayed ashore watching this king and his queen bathe in the river with erotic plays. reṇukā thus reached the āśrama a bit late and jamadagni enraged at this commanded his son paraśurāma to chop the head of his own mother. (brahmāṇḍa purāṇa, Chapter 59).
चित्ररथ ४ / CITRARATHA IV. A king of the dynasty of bharata. He was the son of King gaya. citraratha had a sister named sugati and a brother Avarodhana. (Pañcama skandha, bhāgavata).
चित्ररथ ५ / CITRARATHA V. A prince of pāñcāla. He was killed in the battle of mahābhārata by Droṇācārya. (Śloka 43, Chapter 122, droṇa parva).
चित्ररथ ६ / CITRARATHA VI. A king of the aṅga country. He married prabhāvatī, sister of ruci, wife of devaśarmā. (Śloka 8, Chapter 42, anuśāsana parva, M.B.).
चित्ररथ ७ / CITRARATHA VII. A king of the yādava dynasty. He was the son of uśaṅku and father of śūra. (Śloka 29, Chapter 147, anuśāsana parva).
चित्ररथ ८ / CITRARATHA VIII. Son of vīrabāhu and a friend of śrī rāma. In the Rājya Kāṇḍa of ānanda rāmāyaṇa there is the following story about him.
citraratha was also one among those assembled for the svayaṁvara of hemā, daughter of kuśa. He sent an anaesthetic missile to the assemblage and made them all fall down senseless. He then took hemā out from the marriage hall. But on reaching outside he felt he had done a very unjust thing and so withdrew the missile and stood outside ready to fight. A fight ensued in which citraratha defeated all. But lava alone continued to fight with him. vīrabāhu, father of citraratha, who was closely watching the fight came to the help of citraratha and engaging lava in a fight struck him down. kuśa seeing this attacked vīrabāhu and bound him hand and foot. At that time śrī rāma came to the scene and told kuśa that vīrabāhu was a friend of his and set vīrabāhu free. hemā was then married to citraratha and vīrabāhu was sent away with due respect.
चित्ररथ / CITRARATHA. An Indian river of purāṇic fame. (Chapter 9, bhīṣma parva, M.B.).
Vedic Reference
English
Citra-ratha (‘having a brilliant car’) is the name of two
persons.
(a) It designates an Āryan prince, who, with Arṇa, was
defeated by Indra for the Turvaśa-Yadus on the Sarayu (per-
haps the modern Sarju in Oudh), according to the Rigveda (iv.
30, 18). The locality would accord with the close connexion
of Turvaśa and Krivi or Pañcāla.
(b) Citraratha is also the name of a king for whom the
Kāpeyas performed a special kind of sacrifice (dvirātra), with
the result, according to the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, ^1 that in the
Caitrarathi family only one member was a Kṣatra-pati, the rest
dependents. Apparently this must mean that the Caitrarathis
were distinguished from other families of princes by the fact
that the chief of the clan received a markedly higher position
than in most cases, in which probably the heads of the family
were rather an oligarchy than a monarch and his dependents.
See Rājan.
1) xx. 12, 5. Cf. Hopkins. Transactions
of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and
Sciences, 15, 52, 53
Weber, Indische
Studien, 1, 32
Indian Literature, 68, n.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
चित्ररथः,
पुं,
 (चित्रो रथो यस्य ।) सूर्य्यः ।गन्धर्व्वविशेषः । इति मेदिनी । थे, २८ ॥
शेषस्यपर्य्यायः । गन्धर्व्वराजः २ अङ्गारपर्णः ३ कुवेर-सखः ४ दग्धरथः ५ । (यथा, महाभारते । १ ।१७१ । ३७ -- ३९ ।गन्धर्व्व उवाच ।“जितोऽहं पूर्व्वकं नाम मुञ्चाम्यङ्गारपर्णताम् ।न च श्लाधे बलेनाङ्ग ! न नाम्ना जनसंसदि ॥
साध्विमं लब्धवाँल्लाभं योऽहं दिव्यास्त्रधारिणम् ।गान्धर्व्व्या माययेच्छामि संयोजयितुमर्ज्जुनम् ॥
अस्त्राग्निना विचित्रोऽयं दग्धोमे रथ उत्तमः ।सोऽहं चित्ररथो भूत्वा नाम्ना दग्धरथोऽभवम् ॥
”)स तु मुनिनाम्न्यां दक्षकन्यायां कश्यपौरसा-ज्जातः । इति महाभारते । १ । ६५ । ४३ ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
चित्ररथ
पु०
 चित्रोरथोऽस्य । १ सूर्य्ये २ गन्धर्वभेदे च मेदि० ।स च गन्धर्वः कश्यपात् मुनिनाम्न्यां दक्षकग्यायां बभूवयथाह “भोमोग्रसेनौ चेत्युपक्रमे “भीमश्चित्ररथश्चैवविख्यातः सर्वविद्वशी” इत्युपक्रमे “इत्येते देवगन्धर्वामौनयाः परिकीर्त्तिताः” भा० आ० ६५ अ० । इत्युक्तम्स च अङ्गारपर्णनामा अर्ज्जुनेन च तस्य दग्धरथ-त्वात् दग्धरथनामा बभूव यथाह भा० आ० १७० अ० ।“गन्धर्व उवाच, “जितोऽहं पूर्वकं नाम सुञ्चाम्यङ्गार-पर्णताम् । न च श्लाध्ये बलेनाङ्ग नाम्नाद्य जनसं-सदि । साध्विमं लब्धवांल्लाभोयोऽहं दिव्यास्त्रधारिणम् ।गान्धर्व्या माययेच्छामि संयोजयितुनर्ज्जुन! । अस्त्रा-ग्निना विचित्रोऽयं दग्धोमे रथ उत्तमः । सोऽहं चित्र-रथो भूत्वा नाम्ना दग्धरथोऽभवम्” ।“गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः” गीता । “सागराणां नदीनाञ्चमेघानां वर्षितस्य च । गन्धर्वाणामधिपतिं चक्रे चित्र-रथं विभुः” हरिव० ४ अ० । तस्य गन्धर्वाधिपत्यमुक्तम् । २ नदीभेदे स्त्री ३ उषद्गोः पुत्रे
पु०
 चैत्ररथिशब्देदृश्यम् । चित्ररथमधिकृत्य कृतो ग्रन्थः अण् । चैत्ररथभारतस्यादिपर्वान्तर्गतेऽवान्तरपर्वणि । तच्च पर्व आदि-पर्वणि १६५ अवधि १८३ अध्यायपर्य्यन्तम् ।
Capeller
German
चित्र॑रथ einen glänzenden Wagen habend
m.
 männl. Name.
Grassman
German
citrá-ratha, a., der einen glänzen den [citrá] Wagen [rátha] hat
2〉 m., Eigenname.
-am agním {827, 5}.
-ā [d.] árṇā-citrárathā {326, 18}.