Dharmakritya, Dharmakṛtya, Dharma-kritya: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dharmakṛtya can be transliterated into English as Dharmakrtya or Dharmakritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDharmakṛtya (धर्मकृत्य).—any act of religion, any moral or religious rite.
Derivable forms: dharmakṛtyam (धर्मकृत्यम्).
Dharmakṛtya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and kṛtya (कृत्य). See also (synonyms): dharmakriyā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmakṛtya (धर्मकृत्य).—[neuter] an act of duty.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmakṛtya (धर्मकृत्य):—[=dharma-kṛtya] [from dharma > dhara] n. fulfilment of duty, virtue, any moral or religious observance, [Āpastamba; Harivaṃśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmakṛtya (धर्मकृत्य):—[dharma-kṛtya] (tyaṃ) 1. n. Piety.
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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: Kritya, Tarma, Dharma.
Full-text: Dharmakarya, Kadarya, Dharmakriya.
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