Arthakrita, Arthakṛta, Artha-krita: 4 definitions

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Arthakrita has 2 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Arthakṛta can be transliterated into English as Arthakrta or Arthakrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Arthakṛta (अर्थकृत):—[(artha + kṛta)] adj.

1) durch Aussicht auf Vortheil hervorgerufen, eigennützig: maitrī [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 47, 6.] —

2) durch den Sinn bewirkt (Gegens. śabdakṛta und deśakṛta): ānantarya [Scholiast] zu [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 2, 18. 4, 167.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Arthakṛta (अर्थकृत):——

1) Adj. — a) einem best. Zweck angepasst [Jaimini's Mimāṃsādarśana 5,1,6.] tva n. Nom.abstr. Comm. [ebend.] — b) eigennützig. — c) durch die Bedeutung bewirkt , auf dieser beruhend.

2) arthakṛte Loc. zum Behuf von , wegen [Mahābhārata 3,296,25.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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