Kritopanayana, Kṛtopanayana: 4 definitions
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Kritopanayana 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 Kṛtopanayana can be transliterated into English as Krtopanayana or Kritopanayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtopanayana (कृतोपनयन).—m.
(-naḥ) The student invested with the sacrificial cord. E. kṛta and upanayana investiture.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtopanayana (कृतोपनयन).—[adjective] initiated.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtopanayana (कृतोपनयन):—[from kṛta > kṛ] m. one who has been invested with the sacrificial cord, [Manu-smṛti ii, 108 and 173.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtopanayana (कृतोपनयन):—[kṛto+panayana] (naḥ) 1. m. One invested with the brāhminical thread.
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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