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कृति
कृति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From the root कृ (kṛ), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. See also Proto-Slavic *čarъ (“magic, sorcery”).
Noun
कृति • (kṛti) f
- the act of doing, making, performing, manufacturing, composing.
- action, activity.
- creation, work.
- literary work.
- a house of relics.
- ‘magic’ » -कर
- a witch (compare कृत्या).
- a kind of अनुष्टुभ् metre (consisting of two पादs of twelve syllables each and a third पाद of eight syllables).
- another metre (a stanza of four lines with twenty syllables in each).
- (hence) the number twenty.
- a collective N. of the metres कृति, प्रक्°, आक्°, विक्°, संक्°, अभिक्°, and उत्कृति
- a square number.
- (drama) confirmation of any obtainment.
- Name of the wife of संह्राद and mother of पञ्च-जन.
Noun
कृति • (kṛti) m
- Name of several persons.
- Name of a pupil of हिरण्य-नाभ.
References
- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.