क्रतु

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krétus, from *kret- (“insight, intelligence”). Cognates include Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos) and English hard.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɽɐ́.t̪u/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɽɐ.t̪u/

Noun

क्रतु • (krátu) m

1. intelligence, understanding, enlightenment
2. a plan, idea
3. power, might, ability
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.42.7

     अति नः सश्चतो नय सुगा नः सुपथा कृणु।
     पूषन्निह क्रतुं विदः॥

     ati naḥ saścato naya sugā naḥ supathā kṛṇu.
     pūṣanniha kratuṃ vidaḥ.

     Past all pursuers lead us, make pleasant our path and fair to tread:
     O Pūṣan, find thou power for this.

Declension

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 319/1