A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how the cries of the beautiful peacocks wake the meditator to practice. Thag.22

many colored woolen covering.

…citta¹

Cittaka²

see acittaka.

kārambhīKāranvī

A wood in which the Elder Cittaka sojourned for some time. Thag.22

4park

without intention, without awareness.

mind that is bad luck; a mind of ill omen.

painting; the art of painting; ornamentation.

adorned; painted.

one who speaks brilliantly; whose talk is varied.

one who speaks brilliantly; whose talk is varied.

one who speaks brilliantly; whose talk is varied.

painter; decorator.

painter.

a trick with an arrow

kind of bird (according to commentary named from its song)

adjective

1. without thought or intention, unconscious, unintentional Dhp-a.ii.42.
2. without heart or feeling, instr. acittakena (adv.) heartlessly Ja.iv.58 (C. for acetasā).

a + citta² + ka

…(vimba) Ja.v.452. In phrase cittakataṃ bimbaṃ it refers to the human body (“the tricked-out puppet-shape” Brethren 303): MN.ii.64 =…

Cittaka(^a) & Citraka(^b)

1. (adj.)(^a) coloured Ja.iv.464.
2. (m.)(^b) the spotted antelope Ja.vi.538. 3….

…a painted image Ja.v.452 (cp cittakata); -miga the spotted antelope Ja.vi.538 -rūpa (nt.) a wonder,…

Cittaka(^a) & Citraka(^b)

1. (adj.)(^a) coloured Ja.iv.464.
2. (m.)(^b) the spotted antelope Ja.vi.538. 3….

…SN.iv.186 sq.; Thig.32 (= cittakato kilesa-patho Thag-a.38); Ja.iv.61; Vv.83#8 (= daratha Vv-a.327); Pv.i.8#5 (= citta-daratha Pv-a.41) …

…cp kaṇḍu.

• -cittaka (Sk. kāṇḍa-citraka) an excellent arrow AN.ii.202.
• -nāḷī a…

tortoise SN.iv.177 (+ kacchapa); MN.i.143; Ja.v.489; Mil.363, Mil.408 (here as land-tortoise cittaka-dhara˚).

Vedic kūrma

adjective thoughtless Ja.ii.298.

Sk. niścitta, nis + citta (ka)

…P.Gr. § 27, n.1 inclines to etym prāyaś + cittaka

dyer (& “washerman” in the same function), more correctly “bleacher.” See remarks of Kern’s at

Toevoegselen

ii.45 on distinction of washerman dyer
■ DN.i.51 (in list of occupations); Vin.iii.45; …

adjective endowed with mind, intelligent Dhs-a.295.

sa³ + citta + ka