vicitra 1 · vicitra 2
vicitra a. 1 Diversified, variegated, spotted, speckled; Mu. 1. 4. 2 Various, varied. 3 Painted. 4 Beautiful, lovely; kvacidvicitraM jalayaMtramaMdiraM Rs. 1. 2. 5 Wonderful, surprising, strange; hataviDilasitAnAM hI vicitro vipAkaH Śi. 11. 64. — trA A white deer. — traM 1 Variegated colour. 2 Surprise. Comp. — aMga a. having a spotted body. — (gaH) 1 a peacock. 2 tiger. — deha a. having a lovely body. — (haH) a cloud. — rUpa a. diverse. — vIryaH N. of a king of the lunar race. [He was a son of Śantanu by his wife Satyavatī and so half-brother of Bhīṣma. When he died childless, his mother called Vyāsa (her own son before her marriage), and requested him to raise up issue to Vicitravīrya in ( pb ) accordance with the practice of Niyoga . He complied with the request, and begot on Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two widows of his brother, two sons Dhṛtarāshṭra and Pāṇḍu respectively].
(adj, adj, from citra) diverse; varied [lit.] marked Construction: vi + √cit + ra
(adj, adj, from citra) speckled; spotted; with various colours [lit.] marked Construction: vi + √cit + ra