ciṭiciṭāyati, °te (6235)

ciṭiciṭāyati, °te
Entry 6235, Page 229, Col. 1

(ciwiciwAyati, ciwiciwAyati, °te)
ciṭiciṭāyati, °te¦, once ciṭa°, once ciṭiciṭī° (= Pali ciṭiciṭāyati), onomat., sputters, used of the noise made by hot things, especially (at least in Pali) in contact with water: cakraṃ (a hot metal disk, 604.15) ciṭiciṭāyamāna- dahanakaṇacayodgāraraudraṃ Divy 606.1; with subject sarṣapāḥ, ciṭiciṭāyanti Mmk 298.2; 719.1; °ṭīyanti Mmk 295.6; with subject an ayomaya cakra, or triśūla, ciṭa- ciṭāyati Mmk 687.9. In these BHS passages it is not clear whether contact with water or other liquids is implied.