Kritarthata, Kṛtārthatā: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṛtārthatā can be transliterated into English as Krtarthata or Kritarthata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Kṛtārthatā (कृतार्थता) [=Kṛtārtha?] refers to “contentment”, according to Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa verse 8.3-4.—Accordingly: “Having experienced his great consecration with water gathered by Vasiṣṭha, the earth seemed to express her contentment (kṛtārthatā) with clear sighs. When the ritual had been performed for him by the guru who knew the Atharvaveda, he became unassailable by his enemies, for when Brahman is united with the power of weapons it is a union of wind and fire”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationKṛtārthatā (कृतार्थता) refers to “(having attained) perfect satisfaction”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.48 (“Description of Marriage of Śiva and Pārvatī”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] O sage, he gave a crore of elephants and chariots inlaid with gold and made beautiful by gems. Thus Himavat attained perfect satisfaction (kṛtārthatā) after giving his daughter Pārvatī to Śiva, the great lord, in accordance with the rules. Then the lord of mountains with palms joined in reverence eulogised lord Śiva joyously with the hymns of the Yajurveda. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtārthatā (कृतार्थता).—f.
(-tā) Success, fruitfulness, accomplishment of an object. E. tal added to the last; also kṛtārthatva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtārthatā (कृतार्थता).—i. e. kṛta-artha + tā, f. Satisfaction, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 8, 3.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtārthatā (कृतार्थता):—[=kṛtārtha-tā] [from kṛtārtha > kṛta > kṛ] f. accomplishment of an object, success, [Raghuvaṃśa viii, 3; Gīta-govinda v, 19; Kathāsaritsāgara]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtārthatā (कृतार्थता):—[kṛtā+rthatā] (tā) 1. f. Success.
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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Partial matches: Krita, Arthata.
Full-text: Kritartha, Subhaga, Abhisarika.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.53 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 1.1.24-25 < [Chapter 1 - Bhauma (the earthly plane)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.4.11 < [Chapter 4 - The Story of the Kauśalā Women]
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.185 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)
Is Vāsudevavijaya a Mahākāvya? < [Chapter 4 - Vāsudevavijaya—A Literary Appreciation]
Theme of the Vāsudevavijaya < [Chapter 2 - Vāsudevavijaya—Authorship and Content Analysis]
The Mode of Illustration of Rules < [Chapter 3 - Vāsudevavijaya—A Grammatical Study]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
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