The Sanskrit terms Kṛṣaka and Kṛśaka can be transliterated into English as Krsaka or Krishaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Krashak.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Kṛśaka (कृशक).—A nāga born in the Kaśyapa dynasty. (Udyogaparva, Chapter 106, Verse 15).

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṛṣaka (कृषक).—a. [kṛṣ-kvan]

1) Attractive, drawing.

2) Ploughing.

-kaḥ 1 A ploughman, husbandman. कच्चिन्न भक्तं बीजं च कर्षकस्यावसीदति (kaccinna bhaktaṃ bījaṃ ca karṣakasyāvasīdati) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 2.5.78.

2) An ox.

-kam A ploughshare. (also m.).

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

Kṛṣaka (कृषक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. What or who makes furrows or ploughs. 2. Attractive, attrahent. m.

(-kaḥ) 1. The plough-share. 2. A husbandman, a peasant. kṛṣ to plough, &c. Unadi affix, kvan; also kṛṣika.

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

Kṛṣaka (कृषक).—[kṛṣ + aka], m. A husbandman, Cāṇ, 90.

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

Kṛṣaka (कृषक).—[masculine] ploughman, husbandman; [feminine] kṛṣikā agriculture.

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

1) Kṛśaka (कृशक):—[from kṛś] mfn. thin, slender

2) Kṛṣaka (कृषक):—[from kṛṣ] m. a ploughman, husbandman, farmer, [Cāṇakya]

3) [v.s. ...] a ploughshare, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] an ox, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kṛṣaka (कृषक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A ploughman, a peasant; a ploughshare. a. Ploughing; attractive.

[Sanskrit to German]

Krishaka 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kṛṣaka (कृषक) [Also spelled krashak]:—(nm) a farmer, peasant; cultivator; —[dāsa] a serf; •[prathā] serfdom.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kṛṣaka (ಕೃಷಕ):—[noun] = ಕೃಷಿಕ - [krishika -]2.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Krishakaya, Krishakaye.

Full-text: Krishika, Krishak, Karshakeyiputra, Karshakeya, Krashak.

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