Kritajna, Kṛtajña, Krita-jna: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṛtajña can be transliterated into English as Krtajna or Kritajna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kratagya.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykṛtajña (कृतज्ञ).—a (S) Grateful, remembering (kind or helpful) deeds done.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkṛtajña (कृतज्ञ).—a Grateful.
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 dictionaryKṛtajña (कृतज्ञ).—a.
1) grateful; Manusmṛti 7.29,21; Y.1.38.
2) correct in conduct; कृतज्ञतामस्य वदन्ति सम्पदः (kṛtajñatāmasya vadanti sampadaḥ) Ki. (-jñaḥ) 1 a dog.
2) an epithet of Śiva.
Kṛtajña is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛta and jña (ज्ञ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKṛtajña (कृतज्ञ).—name of a previous incarnation of Śākyamuni, hero of Avadāna-kalpalatā ch 45, and, according to Finot, of Kalpadrumāvadānamālā chapter 34; referred to Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 25.5—6; compare Finot p. viii.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtajña (कृतज्ञ).—mfn.
(-jñaḥ-jñā-jñaṃ) 1. Grateful, remembering former aid or favours. 2. Observant of propriety, correct in conduct. m.
(-jñaḥ) A dog. E. kṛta what is done, and jña who knows.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtajña (कृतज्ञ).—[kṛta-jña], adj., f. ñā, Grateful, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 209.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtajña (कृतज्ञ).—[adjective] grateful (lit. mindful of benefits).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṛtajña (कृतज्ञ):—[=kṛta-jña] [from kṛta > kṛ] mf(ā)n. knowing what is right, correct in conduct, [Mahābhārata xii, 104, 6]
2) [v.s. ...] acknowledging past services or benefits, mindful of former aid or favours, grateful, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] m. a dog, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtajña (कृतज्ञ):—[kṛta-jña] (jñaḥ-jñā-jñaṃ) a. Orderly, grateful. 1. m. A dog.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 dictionaryKṛtajña (कृतज्ञ) [Also spelled kratagya]:—(a) grateful, indebted, obliged; ~[tā] gratefulness, indebtedness, thankfulness.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṛtajña (ಕೃತಜ್ಞ):—[noun] a man who feels or expresses his gratitude; a grateful man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryKṛtajña (कृतज्ञ):—adj. grateful; thankful;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kritajnashila, Kritajnata, Kritajnatabhara, Kritajnatabhava, Kritajnatajnapana, Kritajnatapurvaka, Kritajnate, Kritajnatva.
Full-text: Kritajnata, Kritajnatva, Akritajna, Kritajnashila, Kritavedin, Kirutannan, Akritajnata, Kritagya, Kritavedi, Jna, Vikritajna, Dutprasadhya, Kratagya, Gya, Maryadin, Matrijna, Katannu, Marg, Krita, Kashta.
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