Kritakartavya, Kṛtakartavya: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṛtakartavya can be transliterated into English as Krtakartavya or Kritakartavya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Kṛtakartavya (कृतकर्तव्य) refers to “action and duty” (i.e., idea of ‘done’ and ‘still to do’), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] The liberated man is self-possessed in all circumstances and free from the idea of ‘done’ and ‘still to do’ (kṛtakartavya). [mukto yathāsthitisvasthaḥ kṛtakartavyanirvṛtaḥ] He is the same wherever he is and without greed. He does not dwell on what he has done or not done. He is not pleased when praised nor upset when blamed. He is not afraid of death nor attached to life. A man at peace does not run off to popular resorts or to the forest. Whatever and wherever, he remains the same. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kṛtakartavya (कृतकर्तव्य).—[adjective] who has attained his object.
Kṛtakartavya (कृतकर्तव्य):—[=kṛta-kartavya] [from kṛta > kṛ] mfn. one who has performed what was to be done, one who has done or discharged his duty, [Prabodha-candrodaya]
Kṛtakartavya (कृतकर्तव्य):—(kṛta + ka) adj. der das Zuthuende vollbracht hat, der seine Aufgabe erfüllt hat [Prabodhacandrodaja 5, 15.]
Kṛtakartavya (कृतकर्तव्य):—Adj. der seine Aufgabe erfüllt hat.
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: Kartavya, Krita.
Full-text: Upashama, Kritakritya.
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