The Sanskrit term Anukṛ can be transliterated into English as Anukr or Anukri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anukṛ (अनुकृ).—8 U.

1) To do after or afterwards; follow; especially to imitate, do after or in imitation of, resemble, equal, copy (with gen.); ततोऽनुकुर्याद्विशदस्य तस्याः (tato'nukuryādviśadasya tasyāḥ)... स्मितस्य (smitasya) Kumārasambhava 1.44; श्यामतया हरेरिवानुकुर्वतीम् (śyāmatayā harerivānukurvatīm) K.1; अनुकरोति भगवतो नारायणस्य (anukaroti bhagavato nārāyaṇasya) 6.282; ननु कलभेन यूथपतेरनुकृतम् (nanu kalabhena yūthapateranukṛtam) M.5; (also with acc.); सर्वाभिरन्याभिः कलाभिरनुचकार तं वैशम्पायनः (sarvābhiranyābhiḥ kalābhiranucakāra taṃ vaiśampāyanaḥ) K.76; शैलाधिपस्यानुचकार लक्ष्मीम् (śailādhipasyānucakāra lakṣmīm) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.8; बहुतरं भवन्तमनु- करोति (bahutaraṃ bhavantamanu- karoti) V.5; Manusmṛti 2.199.

2) To requite, recompense.

3) To try on, adjust, adapt; बन्धं ततोऽनुकुर्वित (bandhaṃ tato'nukurvita) Suśr.

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Anukrī (अनुक्री).—[anu-kṛ uṇā° bā. ī. kicca Tv.] A kind of sacrificial rite called साद्यस्क्र (sādyaskra).

Derivable forms: anukrīḥ (अनुक्रीः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Anukṛ (अनुकृ):—[=anu-√kṛ] to do afterwards, to follow in doing;

—to imitate, copy;

—to equal;

—to requite;

—to adopt:—[Causal] -kārayati, to cause to imitate.

2) Anukṝ (अनुकॄ):—[=anu-kṝ] -√1. kṝ (1. sg. -kirāmi) to scatter along, [Atharva-veda];

2) —to strew, fill with, crowd:

2) —[Passive voice] -kīryate, to become crowded or filled.

3) Anukrī (अनुक्री):—[=anu-krī] mfn. (√krī), bought subsequently (id est. not early on the first day), [Pbr.; Lāṭyāyana etc.] (cf. pari-krī, śata-krī.)

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Anukṛ (अनुकृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aṇukara, Aṇukuṇa.

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Anukri in German

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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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Partial matches: Kri, Anu.

Starts with: Anukrid, Anukrip, Anukripay, Anukripayate, Anukrish, Anukrishna, Anukrishta, Anukrishtatva, Anukrishti, Anukrit, Anukrita, Anukriti, Anukriti-kavya, Anukritipada, Anukritya, Anukriya, Anukriyashila, Anukriyatmaka, Anukriye.

Ends with: Pratanukri, Tanukri.

Full-text: Anukara, Anukarin, Anukriti, Anukirna, Anukrita, Anukuna, Anukritya, Anukartri, Anukarana, Anukriya, Anukarya, Anukarman, Kri, Anukaroti, Anushkrita.

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