Kritaya, Kṛtāya, Krita-aya: 4 definitions

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Kritaya 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 Kṛtāya can be transliterated into English as Krtaya or Kritaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṛtāya (कृताय).—the die called कृत (kṛta) marked with four points.

Derivable forms: kṛtāyaḥ (कृतायः).

Kṛtāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛta and aya (अय).

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

1) Kṛtāya (कृताय):—[from kṛta > kṛ] m. the die called Kṛta [commentator or commentary] on [Chāndogya-upaniṣad] (in the text kṛtāya is [dative case] of ta).

2) Kṛtaya (कृतय):—[from kṛ] [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] yati ([Aorist] acīkṛtat or acak, [Vopadeva]), to take the die called Kṛta, [Pāṇini 3-1, 21.]

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Kritaya in German

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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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