===> [ cira ]1[ cir'a ] mfn. (√ 1. [ ci ]?) long, lasting along time, existing from ancient times cf. MBh. xii, 9538 cf. Śak. cf. Megh. cf. Kathās (1) [ °raM kAlam ], during a long time cf. Hariv. 9942 [ 398,3 ] (2) [ °rAt kAlAt ], after a long time cf. R. iii, 49, 50 (3) ([ 'am ]), n. (cf. Pāṇ. 6-2, 6) delay (e. g. [ gamana- ], ` delay in going ' cf. Kāś (4) [ kiM cireNa ], ` wherefore delay? ' cf. R. iv f. cf. MārkP. xvi, 80 (5) [ pur'A cir'At ], to avoid delay ' cf. ŚBr. ix) (6) ([ 'am ]), acc. ind. (g. [ svar-Adi ], not in cf. Kāś.) for a long time cf. TS. v f. cf. Mn. cf. MBh. &c. (7) after a long time, slowly cf. RV. v, 56, 7 & 79, 9 cf. AitBr. i, 16 cf. Kathās. iv, 31 (8) ([ eNa ]), instr. ind. after a long time, late, not immediately, slowly cf. MBh. cf. R. cf. Pāṇ. 1-1, 70 cf. Vārtt. 4 cf. Pat. cf. Ragh. v, 64 (9) for a long time (See also [ k'iyat ]) cf. MBh. xii, 9484 (10) ever, at all times cf. Prab. ii, 23/24 ([ Aya ]), dat. ind. for a long time cf. MBh. cf. Śak. cf. Kum. v, 47 cf. Ragh. xiv, 59 &c. (11) after a long time, at last, finally, too late cf. MBh. cf. R. cf. Pañcat (12) ([ At ]), abl. ind. after a long time, late, at last cf. ŚāṅkhŚr. xiv
cf. R. cf. Pañcat. cf. Ragh. cf. Kathās. cf. Amar. (13) for a long time (also [ °rAt-prabhRti ] cf. Hariv. 9860 cf. Mālav. iii, 19 ; iv, 13) cf. BhP. v, 6, 3 cf. Kathās. cf. Hit. (14) ([ asya ]), gen. ind. after a long time, late, at last cf. MBh. cf. Hariv. cf. R. cf. Śak. (v. l.) (15) for a long time cf. Bhartṛ. iii, 51 (16) ([ 'e ]), loc. ind. with some delay, not immediately cf. ŚBr. xiii, 8, 1, 2