Sita, sita, and sIta

Padma Indraganti (padmai@engr.csulb.edu)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:19:50 -0700 (PDT)


The "two kANI's" of information I found in a Sanskrit dictionary.
I hope this clears some confusion. 
sita: (viSEshaNamu) tellanidi, paMcadAra
sIta: rAmuni bhArya, nAgaTi cAlu
Sita: (viSEshaNamu) vADiyaina
(as in "niSita dRshTi" etc.)

and the Brown dictionary defines Sitamu as,
Sitamu: (adjective) #Sharpened, whetted, thin, weak, feeble#
                    vADiyaina, durbalamaina, bakkayaina

-- Padma