Kritaka, Kṛtaka, Krītaka: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṛtaka can be transliterated into English as Krtaka or Kritaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1a) Kṛtaka (कृतक).—A son of Madirā and Vasudeva.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 24. 48; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71. 172; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 15. 23.
1b) A son of Cyavana and father of UparicaraVasu.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 79-80.
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.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Kṛtaka (कृतक) refers to one of the twelve types of sons (putra) according to the Nāradasmṛti 4.13.45-46.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kṛtaka (कृतक).—a. [kṛta-kan]
1) Done, made, prepared; (opp. naisargika); यद्यत्कृतकं तत्तदनित्यम् (yadyatkṛtakaṃ tattadanityam) Nyāya Sūtra.
2) Artificial, done or prepared artificially; अकृतकविधि सर्वाङ्गीणमाकल्प- जातम् (akṛtakavidhi sarvāṅgīṇamākalpa- jātam) R.18.52.
3) Feigned, pretended, false, sham, assumed; कृतककलहं कृत्वा (kṛtakakalahaṃ kṛtvā) Mu.3; Kirātārjunīya 8.46.
4) Adopted (as a son &c.); oft. at the end of comp. also; यस्योपान्ते कृतकतनयः कान्तया वर्धितो मे (yasyopānte kṛtakatanayaḥ kāntayā vardhito me) (bālamandāravṛkṣaḥ) Meghadūta 77; सोऽयं न पुत्रकृतकः पदवीं मृगस्ते (so'yaṃ na putrakṛtakaḥ padavīṃ mṛgaste) (jahāti) Ś.4.14; Uttararāmacarita 1.4.
-kam 1 A kind of salt (Mar. biḍaloṇa).
2) Sulphate of copper.
-kam ind. In a simulated manner; अपयाति सरोषया निरस्ते कृतकं कामिनि चुक्षुवे मृगाक्ष्या (apayāti saroṣayā niraste kṛtakaṃ kāmini cukṣuve mṛgākṣyā) Śiśupālavadha 9.83.
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Krītaka (क्रीतक).—a. Got by purchase.
-kaḥ A son bought from his parents and adopted; क्रीणीयाद्यस्त्वपत्यार्थं मातापित्रोर्यम- न्तिकात् । स क्रीतकः सुतस्तस्य सदृशोऽसदृशोऽपि वा (krīṇīyādyastvapatyārthaṃ mātāpitroryama- ntikāt | sa krītakaḥ sutastasya sadṛśo'sadṛśo'pi vā) || Manusmṛti 9.174; cf. क्रीत (krīta) abvove.
Kṛtaka (कृतक).—adj. (perhaps essentially identical with Sanskrit kṛtaka, but with peculiar tinge of meaning as opp. of akṛtaka, q.v.): created (person or thing), fashioned, material or tangible (person or thing): Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 60.14; 61.1, 9, etc.; 176.11; 187.9. Mistranslated ‘creator’ (!) by Suzuki e.g. at 61.9.
Kṛtaka (कृतक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Artificial, factitious, made, not produced spontaneously. 2. Assumed, simulated, not natural. n.
(-kaṃ) Factitious salt, produced by boiling and evaporating from saline soils. E. kṛt to cut or divide, Unadi affix aka.
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Krītaka (क्रीतक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A son bought from his natural parents, and adopted as male issue; also krīta and krītaputtraḥ see the preceding.
Kṛtaka (कृतक).—[kṛ + ta + ka] 1., I. adj. 1. Adopted, Mahābhārata 13, 2630. 2. Feigned, [Pañcatantra] 188, 5. 3. False, Mahābhārata 13, 2607. Ii. m. A proper name, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 24, 47. Iii. kam, acc. sing. n., adv. Feignedly, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 83.
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Krītaka (क्रीतक).—[krīta + ka] (vb. krī), adj. Acquired by purchase, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 174.
Kṛtaka (कृतक).—[adjective] made, prepared, artificial, unnatural. false. °—& [neuter] [adverb] — With putra [masculine] an adopted son; [abstract] tva [neuter]
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Krītaka (क्रीतक).—[adjective] = [preceding] adj.
1) Kṛtaka (कृतक):—[from kṛ] mfn. artificial, factitious, done artificially, made, prepared, not produced spontaneously, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] not natural, adopted (as a son), [Mahābhārata xiii, 2630; Meghadūta]
3) [v.s. ...] assumed, simulated, false, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra; Raghuvaṃśa xviii, 51 etc.]
4) [from kṛ] m. Name of a son of Vasu-deva, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa ix, 24, 47]
5) [v.s. ...] of a son of Cyavana, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] n. a kind of salt (= viḍ-lavaṇa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] sulphate of copper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Krītaka (क्रीतक):—[from krī] mfn. bought from his natural parents (and adopted as male issue), [Manu-smṛti ix, 174; Pravara texts]
1) Kṛtaka (कृतक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Artificial.
2) Krītaka (क्रीतक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A son bought from his parents, and adopted.
Kṛtaka (कृतक):—(von kṛta) [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 2, 38.]
1) adj. zubereitet, künstlich bereitet, künstlich hervorgebracht, künstlich [Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 11.] yadyatkṛtakaṃ tadanityam [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7, 307, Nalopākhyāna 3.] śabdasya kṛtakatvam [290, Nalopākhyāna 2.] pākyaṃ viḍaṃ ca kṛtake dvayam [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 42] (wo die Erklärer das Wort als n. und als Synonym von pākya und viḍa künstlich zubereitetes Salz auffassen). koṭiśaśca suvarṇaṃ ca teṣāmakṛtakaṃ tathā . vīthīkṛtamameyātmā prāhiṇot .. [Mahābhārata 1, 7364.] kṛtakaḥ putraḥ = kṛtrimaḥ putraḥ ein künstlicher d. i. adoptirter Sohn [13, 2630. fg.] [Meghadūta 73.] erkünstelt, verstellt, sich verstellend, falsch: etena vidhinā channaḥ kṛtakena [Mahābhārata 4, 60.] akṛtakavidhi (yauvana) [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 51.] kṛtakavacana [Pañcatantra 188, 5. 199, 1. 11.] sakṛtakakopam [Chezy’s Ausgabe des Śākuntala 19, 14.] kṛtakairdūtaiḥ [Mahābhārata 2, 158. 15, 63.] āryarūpasamācāraṃ carantaṃ kṛtake pathi [13, 2607.] kṛtakam adv. verstellter Weise [Śiśupālavadha 9, 83.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes von Vasudeva [Viṣṇupurāṇa 439.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 24, 47.] von Cyavana (vgl. kṛta, kṛtayajña, kṛtin, kṛmi) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 455.] — Vgl. kṛtrima .
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Krītaka (क्रीतक):—(von krīta, partic. praet. pass. von krī) adj. durch Kauf erworben: krīṇīyādyastvapatyārthaṃ mātāpitroryamantikāt . sa krītakaḥ sutastasya sadṛśo sadṛśo pi vā .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 174.] [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 59.]
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Kṛtaka (कृतक):—
1) adv. duḥkhita verstellter Weise [Kathāsaritsāgara 58, 30.] kṛtakamabhyadhāt [66, 47.] — Vgl. putra .
Kṛtaka (कृतक):——
1) Adj. — a) zubereitet , künstlich bereitet , — hervorgebracht , künstlich. putra so v.a. ein adoptirter Sohn. Nom.abstr. tva n. — b) erkünstelt , verstellt , sich verstellend , falsch. kṛtakam und kṛtaka Adv. verstellter Weise. —
2) m. Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer. —
3) *n. — a) ein best. Salz ( viḍlavaṇa) [Rājan 6,98.] = = — b) Kupfervitriol [Rājan 13,95.]
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Krītaka (क्रीतक):—Adj. durch Kauf erworben (ein Sohn).
Kṛtaka (कृतक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kayaga.
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
Kṛtaka (ಕೃತಕ):—
1) [adjective] not natural; made by or resulting from art or artifice; constructed, contrived.
2) [adjective] affected; insincere; feigned; factitious; sham.
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Kṛtaka (ಕೃತಕ):—
1) [noun] an ingenious expedient; a cunning trick; an underhand, deceitful plan; an artful or sly trickery.
2) [noun] that which is made, constructed; construction.
3) [noun] he who deceives; a cheat.
4) [noun] a kind of factitious salt.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Kṛtaka (कृतक):—adj. artificial; duplicate;
2) Krītaka (क्रीतक):—n. 1. an indentured slave; 2. an adopted son;
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 (+12): Kritakaamga, Kritakabhashe, Kritakacala, Kritakadri, Kritakagarbhadharane, Kritakagiri, Kritakagobbara, Kritakala, Kritakalpa, Kritakalpataru, Kritakam, Kritakama, Kritakamale, Kritakananya, Kritakanidre, Kritakapata, Kritakapranaya, Kritakaputra, Kritakara, Kritakareshme.
Full-text (+14): Putrakritaka, Akritaka, Kritakaputra, Kritakam, Kritakaamga, Kritakashaila, Kritakanidre, Kritakapranaya, Kritakavarte, Kritakavishada, Kritakashasana, Kritakarupu, Sudhakritaka, Kritakagiri, Kritakagarbhadharane, Kritakamale, Kritakareshme, Kritakananya, Kritakausirata, Kritakagobbara.
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