The Sanskrit term Kṛtacchidrā can be transliterated into English as Krtacchidra or Kritacchidra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Kritachchhidra.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kṛtacchidrā (कृतच्छिद्रा) is another name for Kośātakī, a medicinal plant identified with Luffa acutangula (angled luffa or ribbed sponge gourd) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.48-49 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Kṛtacchidrā and Kośātakī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Kṛtacchidra (कृतच्छिद्र) refers to the “creation of a hole” (i.e., that in which a hole has been made), according to Kāśīnātha Upādhye’s Dharmasindhu, a commentary on the Rāma Daivajña’s Muhūrtacintāmaṇi (an astrological work).—Accordingly, “Now the setting up of the water clock [for measuring] the auspicious moment. The Sindhu declares that the water clock should be made of ten palas of copper, six aṅgulas high and twelve aṅgulas wide. ‘[A vessel made of] half of twelve palas’ weight, in which a hole has been made [i.e., kṛtacchidra] [with a needle of] four māṣas of gold and four aṅgulas [in length], till it is filled by (?) one prastha of water’. [...]”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Kṛtacchidra (कृतच्छिद्र):—[=kṛta-cchidra] [from kṛta > kṛ] mfn. having a hole, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 11, 9]

2) Kṛtacchidrā (कृतच्छिद्रा):—[=kṛta-cchidrā] [from kṛta-cchidra > kṛta > kṛ] f. the plant Luffa acutangula, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kritacchidra 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Krita, Chidra.

Full-text: Kritavedhaka, Pluta, Koshataki.

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