Kritnu, Kṛtnu: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṛtnu can be transliterated into English as Krtnu or Kritnu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Kṛtnu (कृत्नु).—a. [kṛ-ktnu; Uṇādi-sūtra 3.3]
1) Working well, able to work, powerful.
2) Clever, skilful.
-tnuḥ A mechanic, an artist.
Kṛtnu (कृत्नु).—mfn. (-tnuḥ-tnuḥ-tnu) An artist, an artificer or mechanic. E. kṛ to make, kṛtnu Unadi aff.
Kṛtnu (कृत्नु).—[kṛ-tnu], adj. Clever,
Kṛtnu (कृत्नु).—[adjective] active, skilful, clever.
1) Kṛtnu (कृत्नु):—[from kṛ] a mfn. working well, able to work, skilful, clever, an artificer or mechanic, artist, [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] [according to] to some also, ‘winning the prize, victorious’.
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Ṛṣi (author of [Ṛg-veda viii, 79]), [Ṛgveda-anukramaṇikā]
4) b kṛtya See √1. kṛ.
Kṛtnu (कृत्नु):—(tnuḥ) 1. m. An artist.
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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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Full-text: Surupakritnu, Lokakritnu, Kritvan, Bhargava, Kritvas, Kritrima.
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Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 20 - Deities of Rgveda VIII.76-90 < [Chapter 6 - Deities of Rigveda VII.50–X.17]
A Vedic Conception of the Poet < [May-June 1933]