Krivi: 8 definitions
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Krivi 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKrivi (क्रिवि).—a. Ved.
1) Doing, performing.
2) Killing.
-viḥ 1 A cistern, well.
3) A leather bag; a cloud (?)
4) Name of the country of पाञ्चाल (pāñcāla).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛvi (कृवि).—r. 5th cl. (kṛviṇoti) To want to hurt or kill.
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Kṛvi (कृवि).—m.
(-viḥ) A loom. E. kṛ to make, (cloth,) and kvin Unadi aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKrivi (क्रिवि).—[masculine] a leather bag; [Name] of a people (later the Pañcālas).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṛvi (कृवि):—m. Name of a utensil used by a weaver, loom (?), [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 57] (cf. krivi.)
2) Kṛvī (कृवी):—f. scissors, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Krivi (क्रिवि):—m. a Name of Rudra ([varia lectio] krayin q.v.)
4) a leather bag (metaphorically ‘a cloud’), [Ṛg-veda]
5) a well, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska iii, 23]
6) Name of an Asura, [Sāyaṇa]
7) sg. and [plural] (is, ayas) the original Name of the Pañcālas, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii, 5, 4, 7]
8) (perhaps also, [Ṛg-veda viii, 20, 24 and 22, 12]) (cf. kraivya.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛvi (कृवि):—(viḥ) 2. m. A loom.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṛvi (ಕೃವಿ):—[noun] a machine for weaving thread or yarn into cloth; a loom.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Krivirdant, Krivirdati.
Full-text: Kraivya, Krivirdati, Krivirdant, Kriv.
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