The Sanskrit term Kṛntana can be transliterated into English as Krntana or Krintana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kṛntana (कृंतन).—n S Cutting. 2 More frequently used in the sense of Nipping off with the nails.

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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

Kṛntana (कृन्तन).—Cutting, cutting off, dividing, tearing asunder; नातः परं कर्मनिबन्धकृन्तनम् (nātaḥ paraṃ karmanibandhakṛntanam) Bhāgavata 6.2.46.

Derivable forms: kṛntanam (कृन्तनम्).

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

Kṛntana (कृन्तन).—n.

(-naṃ) Cutting. E. kṛti to cut, lyuṭ aff.

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

Kṛntana (कृन्तन).—i. e. kṛt + ana, n. Cutting, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 2, 46.

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

Kṛntana (कृन्तन).—[neuter] cutting off.

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

Kṛntana (कृन्तन):—[from kṛt] n. cutting, cutting off, dividing, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 30, 28 and vi, 2, 46] (cf. tantu-, śiraḥ-.)

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

Kṛntana (कृन्तन):—(naṃ) 1. n. A cutting.

[Sanskrit to German]

Krintana 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

Kṛṃtana (ಕೃಂತನ):—[noun] the act of cutting off or through, shearing, severing.

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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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Ends with: Anikrintana, Mulanikrintana, Nabhikrintana, Nakhanikrintana, Nikrintana, Parikrintana, Shirahkrintana, Tantukrintana, Vinikrintana.

Full-text: Tantukrintana, Avayavashas, Krimta, Nabhicchedana, Karmalocana, Nabhikrintana, Shirahkrintana, Khudanem, Nabhivardhana, Nikrintana, Nabhi.

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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)

Text 16 < [Chapter 1 - Prathama-yāma-sādhana (Niśānta-bhajana–śraddhā)]

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