Kritalaya, Kṛtālaya, Krita-alaya: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṛtālaya can be transliterated into English as Krtalaya or Kritalaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṛtālaya (कृतालय).—a. one who has taken up his abode in any place; यत्र ते दयिता भार्या तनयाश्च कृतालयाः (yatra te dayitā bhāryā tanayāśca kṛtālayāḥ) Rām.
-yaḥ a frog; dog ? M. W.
Kṛtālaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛta and ālaya (आलय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtālaya (कृतालय).—m.
(-yaḥ) A frog. E. kṛta made, ālaya abode.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtālaya (कृतालय).—adj. 1. having settled. 2. Inhabiting, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 1, 18.
Kṛtālaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛta and ālaya (आलय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṛtālaya (कृतालय):—[from kṛta > kṛ] mfn. one who has taken up his abode in any place ([locative case] or in [compound] e.g. svarga-k, an inhabitant of heaven), [Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. a dog, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṛtālaya (कृतालय):—[kṛtā+laya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A frog.
2) [kṛtā+laya] (yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a. Residing in.
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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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Partial matches: Krita, Alaya.
Ends with: Pretavasakritalaya, Shunyagarakritalaya, Sukritalaya.
Full-text: Shunyagarakritalaya.
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