Kritrimaputra, Kṛtrimaputra, Kritrima-putra: 4 definitions
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Kritrimaputra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Kṛtrimaputra can be transliterated into English as Krtrimaputra or Kritrimaputra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykṛtrimaputra (कृत्रिमपुत्र).—m or kṛtrima m S A made son; a boy or person constituted Son in order to perform the obsequies of his adopting parent. This is one of the twelve heirs.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṛtrimaputra (कृत्रिमपुत्र).—see [kṛtrimaḥ],
Derivable forms: kṛtrimaputraḥ (कृत्रिमपुत्रः).
Kṛtrimaputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛtrima and putra (पुत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtrimaputra (कृत्रिमपुत्र).—m.
(-traḥ) An adopted son; one of the twelve kinds recognized in law, the son made. E. kṛtrima, and putra a son.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtrimaputra (कृत्रिमपुत्र):—[=kṛtrima-putra] [from kṛtrima > kṛ] m. an adopted son, [Horace H. Wilson]
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: Kritrima, Putra.
Starts with: Kritrimaputraka.
Full-text: Kritrima.
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