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Kartrima means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Kartṛma can be transliterated into English as Kartrma or Kartrima, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKartṛma (कर्तृम).—(nt.; either false Sanskritization of a MIndic kattima, which occurs in [Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī] [compare Pali kittima], = Sanskrit kṛtrima, or = Sanskrit *kārtrima, vṛddhi deriv. of kṛtrima, with semi-MIndic a for ā and hyper-Sanskrit ṛ for ri), trick: Mahāvastu i.129.13 vacana-kartṛme, verbal trick, trickery in words. (A v.l. °tume is recorded.)
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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