Kritajna, Kṛtajña, Krita-jna: 13 definitions

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Kritajna has 12 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Kṛtajña can be transliterated into English as Krtajna or Kritajna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Kratagya.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[Deutsch Wörterbuch]

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

Kṛtajña (कृतज्ञ):—(kṛta + jña)

1) adj. f. ā der empfangenen Wohlthaten eingedenk. erkenntlich, dankbar [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 209. 210.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 308.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 2. 2, 26, 4.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 1, 12. 3, 21, 29. 4, 27, 20.] [Pañcatantra II, 130.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 57.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 4.] akṛtajña [Pañcatantra 163, 4.] kṛtajñatā f. Erkenntlichkeit, Dankbarkeit [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 35, 16. 6, 8, 34.] [Pañcatantra 9, 3.] Nach [Medinīkoṣa ñ. 4] ist kṛtajña = maryādin sich innerhalb der bestimmten Grenzen bewegend, keine Uebertretungen sich zu Schulden kommen lassend.

2) m. a) Hund [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 89.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 180.] [Medinīkoṣa] —

6) ein Beiname Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra]

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

Kṛtajña (कृतज्ञ):——

1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) das Rechte kennend [Mahābhārata 12,104,6.] — b) der Wohlthaten eingedenk , erkenntlich , dankbar. Nom.abstr. f.

2) m. — a) Beiname Śiva's. — b) *Hund.

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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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