Kritadhvaja, Kṛtadhvaja: 6 definitions
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Kritadhvaja has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Kṛtadhvaja can be transliterated into English as Krtadhvaja or Kritadhvaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKṛtadhvaja (कृतध्वज):—(kṛta + dhvaja) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten, eines Sohnes des Dharmadhvaja [Viṣṇupurāṇa 645.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 13, 19. 20.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKṛtadhvaja (कृतध्वज):—m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten.
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Partial matches: Krita, Dhvaja.
Full-text: Keshidhvaja, Dharmadhvaja, Shatadyumna, Vitadhvaja, Bhanumat, Kurujit, Agnisambhava.
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