कृति

Etymology

From Sanskrit कृति (kṛti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɽɪ.t̪iː/

Noun

कृति • (kŕti) f

1. action, activity, doing, work

   Synonyms: क्रिया (kriyā), काम (kām)

2. creation, piece

Etymology

From the root कृ (kṛ), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. See also Proto-Slavic *čarъ (“magic, sorcery”).

Noun

कृति • (kṛti) f

1. the act of doing, making, performing, manufacturing, composing.
2. action, activity.
3. creation, work.
4. literary work.
5. a house of relics.
6. ‘magic’ » -कर
7. a witch (compare कृत्या).
8. a kind of अनुष्टुभ् metre (consisting of two पादs of twelve syllables each and a third पाद of eight syllables).
9. another metre (a stanza of four lines with twenty syllables in each).
10. (hence) the number twenty.
11. a collective N. of the metres कृति, प्रक्°, आक्°, विक्°, संक्°, अभिक्°, and उत्कृति
12. a square number.
13. (drama) confirmation of any obtainment.
14. Name of the wife of संह्राद and mother of पञ्च-जन.

Noun

कृति • (kṛti) m

1. Name of several persons.
2. Name of a pupil of हिरण्य-नाभ.

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.