Kricchratikricchra, Kṛcchrātikṛcchra: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṛcchrātikṛcchra can be transliterated into English as Krcchratikrcchra or Kricchratikricchra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Krichchhratikrichchhra.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKṛcchrātikṛcchra (कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्र).—An expiation for yatis causing hiṃsā even inadvertently.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 18. 16.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛcchrātikṛcchra (कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्र).—m.
(-cchraḥ) A kind of penance, taking no sustenance but water for three, nine, twelve, or twenty-one days. E. kṛcchra one kind of penance. and atikṛcchra another; the substance of both.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛcchrātikṛcchra (कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्र).—[masculine] [dual] the ordinary and extraordinary penance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛcchrātikṛcchra (कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्र):—[from kṛcchra] m. Name of a penance (taking no sustenance but water for 3, 9, 12, or 21 days), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra xxvi, 20; Yājñavalkya iii, 321]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛcchrātikṛcchra (कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्र):—[kṛcchrā-tikṛcchra] (cchraḥ-cchraṃ) 1. m. A kind of penance or fasting.
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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: Kricchra.
Starts with: Kricchratikricchrau.
Ends with: Shishukricchratikricchra.
Full-text: Kricchratikricchrau, Shishukricchratikricchra, Atikricchra.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.208 < [Section XXVII - Expiation for hurting and insulting a Brāhmaṇa]
Verse 11.125 < [Section XIII - Expiation for Offences causing Loss of Caste]
Verse 11.204 < [Section XXVII - Expiation for hurting and insulting a Brāhmaṇa]
Vasistha Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 171 - Description of certain subtle expiations
Chapter 292 - The greatness of cows and their welfare (go-śānti)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 90 - The expiatory rites of the ascetics (yati-prāyaścitta) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Gautama Dharmasūtra (by Gautama)
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
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