Kraushtuki, Krauṣṭuki: 7 definitions
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Kraushtuki 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 Krauṣṭuki can be transliterated into English as Kraustuki or Kraushtuki, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Krauṣṭuki (क्रौष्टुकि):—Name of the disciple of Mārkaṇḍeya who relates to him a story about about the birth of Brahmā; and also describes to Krauṣṭuki the various Manvantaras. (see Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa 45-136)
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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Krauṣṭuki (क्रौष्टुकि) is the name of a pre-Piṅgalan author on the science of Sanskrit metrics (chandaśāstra): Piṅgala himself mentions about this authority while explaining the metre skandhodgrīvī. Yāska also mentions Krauṣṭiki in his Nirukta.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Krauṣṭuki (क्रौष्टुकि).—Name of a grammarian; of an astrologer.
Derivable forms: krauṣṭukiḥ (क्रौष्टुकिः).
1) Krauṣṭuki (क्रौष्टुकि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—grammarian. Quoted by Yāska 8, 3.
2) Krauṣṭuki (क्रौष्टुकि):—a son of Garga. Bhaṭṭotpala on Bṛhatsaṃhitā 1, 9. See Gargasaṃhitā.
3) Krauṣṭuki (क्रौष्टुकि):—on metres. Quoted by Piṅgala. Ind. Studien 8, 243.
1) Krauṣṭuki (क्रौष्टुकि):—[from krauśaśatika] m. [patronymic] [from] kroṣṭuka Name of a grammarian, [Nirukta, by Yāska viii, 2; Bṛhad-devatā]
2) [v.s. ...] of an astrologer, [Atharva-veda.Pariś.; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā i, 11 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] Name of a warrior-tribe belonging to the Trigarta-ṣaṣṭhas, [Pāṇini 5-3, 116; Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
Krauṣṭuki (क्रौष्टुकि):—patron. von kroṣṭuka, Name eines Grammatikers [Yāska’s Nirukta 8, 2.] [BṚH.] Dev. in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 105.] [CHANDAS 5.] eines Astrologen [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 94.] [BHAṬṬOTP. ebend. 239, Nalopākhyāna 5.] Name eines zu den trigartaṣaṣṭha gehörenden Kriegerstammes [?Kārikā. zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 116.] Davon krauṣṭukīya der Fürst derselben ebend.
Krauṣṭuki (क्रौष्टुकि):—m. —
1) Patron. von kroṣṭuka. —
2) *Pl. Nomen proprium eines Kriegerstammes.
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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Full-text (+46): Kraushtukiya, Kroshtuka, Kraushtika, Rishiputra, Salila, Nakshatrakendrabha, Grahayuddha, Grahapurana, Agnivarna, Yatra, Shantikalpa, Grahasamagama, Grahashringataka, Grahapaka, Senavyuha, Balyupahara, Yugapurana, Brihaspatipurana, Bhargavasamsthana, Ritusvabhava.
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Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 13 - Explanation of Dravinodas; Deities of Rigveda I.16-18 < [Chapter 3 - Deities of Rigveda I.13-126]
Part 27-28 - Rigveda IV.18-30; Indra’s birth and fight with Vamadeva < [Chapter 4 - Deities of Rigveda I.126–IV.32]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Nighantu (critical study) (by Gopalakrishna N. Bhat)