Kripacarya, Kṛpācārya: 6 definitions
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Kripacarya 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 Kṛpācārya can be transliterated into English as Krpacarya or Kripacarya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kripacharya.
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: ISKCON Press: GlossaryKṛpācārya (कृपाचार्य).—The son of Śaradvān. He was a brāhmaṇa by birth, but was inclined to the duties of a kṣatriya. He learned the Dhanur Veda from his father, and taught the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the sons of Pāṇḍu what he had learned from his father. Due to politics he took the side of Duryodhana during the battle of Kurukṣetra. He later became the teacher of Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
Source: Pure Bhakti: Brhad BhagavatamrtamKṛpācārya (कृपाचार्य) refers to:—The spiritual master of the Kuru dynasty. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: WikiPedia: HinduismKripācārya (क्रिपाचार्य): Aswathama's uncle who advocated a combined assault on Arjuna in battle as against Karna's boast that he could take him on single-handed.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKṛpācārya (कृपाचार्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—successor of Gopālācārya, predecessor of Devācārya, Nimbārka school. Bhr. p. 212.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛpācārya (कृपाचार्य):—[from kṛpa > kṛp] m. Name of Gautama, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
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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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Full-text: Kripi, Supratardana, Devacarya, Kautaman, Yudhamanyu, Gopala acarya, Kripa, Ugrasena, Cekitana, Barbarika, Gaya, Shurasena.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verses 1.8-9 < [Chapter 1 - Sainya-Darśana (Observing the Armies)]
Verses 1.37-38 < [Chapter 1 - Sainya-Darśana (Observing the Armies)]
Verses 1.4-6 < [Chapter 1 - Sainya-Darśana (Observing the Armies)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.2.59 < [Part 2 - Affection and Service (dāsya-rasa)]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 3.2.3 < [Section 2 - Second Tiruvaymoli (Munnir nalam)]
Bhishma Charitra (by Kartik Pandya)
Canto 15 - Description of Mahābhārata war
Canto 13 - Description of the Cause of Broil Between Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.26 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]