Kritakarin, Kṛtakārin, Krita-karin: 4 definitions

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Kritakarin 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 Kṛtakārin can be transliterated into English as Krtakarin or Kritakarin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṛtakārin (कृतकारिन्).—a. Enjoining what is already known or done; कृतकरो हि विधिरनर्थकः स्यात् (kṛtakaro hi vidhiranarthakaḥ syāt) ŚB. on MS.1.5.58; कृतकरं शास्त्रमनर्थकं स्यात् (kṛtakaraṃ śāstramanarthakaṃ syāt) ŚB. on MS.1.7.25; कृतकारि खलु शास्त्रं पर्जन्यवत् (kṛtakāri khalu śāstraṃ parjanyavat) Mahābhārata on P.I.2.9.

Kṛtakārin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛta and kārin (कारिन्). See also (synonyms): kṛtakara.

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

1) Kṛtakārin (कृतकारिन्):—[=kṛta-kārin] [from kṛta > kṛ] mfn. doing again what has been done already, [Patañjali]

2) [v.s. ...] doing any work, [Mahābhārata i, 5551 (=xii, 5307). ]

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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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