Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [ī-ktic] 1 Produced, ef- fected. tiḥ f. Plague, distress, a calamity of the season. The ītis are usually said to be six:
1 exces- sive rain; 2 drought; 3 locusts; 4 rats; 5 parrots; and 6 foreign inva- sions; ativṛṣṭiranāvṛṣṭiḥ śalabhāmūṣakāḥ śukāḥ. pratyāsannāśca rājānaḥ ṣaḍetā ītayaḥ smṛtāḥ.. [Page0283-a+ 57] (some read for the second line svacakraṃ paracakraṃ ca saptaitā ītayaḥ smṛtāḥ.. making the total...
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. (fr. 4. ī?), plague, distress, any calamity of the season (as drought, excessive rain, swarm of rats, foreign invasion, &c) 170,2 29735 f. infectious disease MBh.; R.; Sus3r. &c 170,2 29736 f. an affray L. 170,2 29737 f. travelling in foreign countries, sojourning L. 020951 170,2 29738
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
ind. = iti R. vii, 32, 65. 020952 170,2 29739
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