Kranta, Krānta, Kramta: 15 definitions

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Kranta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Krānta (क्रान्त) refers to a one of the twenty maṇḍalas, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 12. The Krānta-maṇḍala is classified as a ākāśa, or “aerial”, of which there are ten in total. A maṇḍala is a combination of cārīs (“dance-steps”), which refers refers to the simultaneous movement of the feet (pāda), shanks (jaṅghā) and the hip (ūru). From these cārīs proceed dance as well as movements in general.

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Krānta (क्रान्त).—A type of maṇḍala (series of cārīs) classified as aerial (ākāśa);—Instructions:

1) The right foot [to be moved] in the sūcī-cārī and the left foot in the apakrāntā-cārī,
2a) The right foot in the pārśvakrāntā-cārī and the left foot too in the same-cārī (pārśvakrama),
2b) moving round alternately in these-cārīs in all directions,
3) The left foot in the sūcī-cārī and the right foot in the apakrāntā-cārī.

This maṇḍala is prescribed for a natural gait. Hence it is called krānta i.e. going.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Krānta (क्रान्त) (lit. “one who is overcome as by astonishment”) is a synonym (another name) for the Horse (Aśva), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Krāntā (क्रान्ता) refers to the “circumambulation” (of the earth), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.19 (“Gaṇapati’s marriage”).—Accordingly, as Gaṇeśa said to Śiva and Pārvatī: “O mother, O father, you two are intelligent and embodied virtue. Hence O excellent ones, you may be pleased to hear my virtuous words. The earth has been circumambulated (krāntā) by me frequently, for seven times. Why then, my parents should say thus?”.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

krānta (क्रांत).—p (krānti S) Passed over or through; pervaded, occupied &c. In comp. as cōrakrānta, ṭōḷakrānta, rājakrānta, which see in order, and ākrānta Sig. I.

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krānta (क्रांत).—f (Contracted from krānti) Advance, passage &c., but esp. the aggressions or irruptions of robbers, foreign enemies, locusts &c.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

krānta (क्रांत).—p Passed over, pervaded, occupi- ed &c. f Advance, the aggressions or irruptions of robbers &c.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Krānta (क्रान्त).—p. p. Gone, passed over, traversed &c.; (p. p. of kram q. v.)

-taḥ 1 A horse.

2) A foot, step; Manusmṛti 12.121.

3) Declination.

-ntam 1 Going, passing.

2) A step.

3) A certain aspect in astronomy (when the moon is in conjunction with a planet).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Krānta (क्रान्त).—mfn.

(-ntaḥ-ntā-ntaṃ) 1. Overcome, surpassed. 2. Attacking, invading, gone to or against. 3. Spread, extended 4. Going, going over or across. m.

(-ntaḥ) 1. A horse. 2. (In astronomy,) Declination. n.

(-ntaṃ) An astrological element, the conjunction of any planet with the moon. E. kram to go, affix kta.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Krānta (क्रान्त).—[neuter] step.

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

1) Krānta (क्रान्त):—[from kram] a mfn. gone, gone over or across

2) [v.s. ...] spread, extended

3) [v.s. ...] attacking, invading, gone to or against

4) [v.s. ...] overcome (as by astonishment), [Raghuvaṃśa xiv, 17]

5) [v.s. ...] surpassed

6) [v.s. ...] m. a horse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] (in [astronomy]) declination, [Horace H. Wilson]

8) Krāntā (क्रान्ता):—[from krānta > kram] f. Name of a plant (a kind of Solanum), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] a species of the Atyaṣṭi metre

10) Krānta (क्रान्त):—[from kram] n. a step (viṣṇoḥ krānta, ‘the step of Viṣṇu’, Name of a ceremony, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii]; cf. viṣṇu-krama), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti xii, 121]

11) [v.s. ...] (in [astronomy]) a certain aspect when the moon is in conjunction with a planet.

12) b krānti, etc. See √kram.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Krānta (क्रान्त):—[(ntaḥ-ntā-ntaṃ) a.] Overcome; gone to or against; spread. m. A horse. n. Declination; conjunction of a planet with the moon.

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

Krānta (क्रान्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kaṃta, Kamiya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kranta 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Krāṃta (ಕ್ರಾಂತ):—[adjective] gone; passed; crossed (over to another side).

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Krāṃta (ಕ್ರಾಂತ):—

1) [noun] the act of moving, walking, etc.

2) [noun] (dance.) one of the nine sitting postures, keeping the hands on the chin and the head on the shoulder blade (as in shedding tears, expressing grief).

3) [noun] (dance.) one of the ten movements of the feet; a moving in a circle keeping one foot after another differently off the ground.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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