The Sanskrit term Kusṛti can be transliterated into English as Kusrti or Kusriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kusṛti (कुसृति).—f. Fraud, cheating, deceit. कृतहस्तः स्वयं तत्र कुसृतिप्रकृतिः परः (kṛtahastaḥ svayaṃ tatra kusṛtiprakṛtiḥ paraḥ) Śiva. B.24.9. कस्माद्वयं कुसृतयः खलयोनयस्ते दाक्षिण्यदृष्टिपदवीं भवतः प्रणीता (kasmādvayaṃ kusṛtayaḥ khalayonayaste dākṣiṇyadṛṣṭipadavīṃ bhavataḥ praṇītā) Bhāg.

Derivable forms: kusṛtiḥ (कुसृतिः).

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Kusṛti (कुसृति).—f.

1) evil conduct, wickedness; कस्माद्वयं कुसृतयः खलयोनयस्ते (kasmādvayaṃ kusṛtayaḥ khalayonayaste) Bhāgavata 8.23.7.

2) conjuring, magic.

3) roguery.

Derivable forms: kusṛtiḥ (कुसृतिः).

Kusṛti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and sṛti (सृति).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kusṛti (कुसृति).—f.

(-tiḥ) 1. Wickedness, depravity. 2. Conjuring, slight of hand, &c. E. ku vile, sṛ to go, ktin aff.

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

1) Kusṛti (कुसृति):—[=ku-sṛti] [from ku] a f. a by-way, secret way, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] evil conduct, wickedness

3) [v.s. ...] cheating, trickery, jugglery, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

4) [v.s. ...] mfn. going evil ways, wicked, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa viii, 23, 7.]

5) [=ku-sṛti] b etc. See 1. ku.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kusṛti (कुसृति):—(tiḥ) 2. f. Wickedness; slight of hand, conjuration.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kusriti in German

context information

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 corpus

Kusṛti (ಕುಸೃತಿ):—

1) [noun] the act or an instance of cheating; a dishonest action or trick; fraud; deceit.

2) [noun] the supposed use of an evil supernatural power over people and their affairs; witchcraft; black magic; sorcery.

context information

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)

Partial matches: Shriti, Ku.

Starts with: Kusritibamdha.

Full-text: Kausritika, Pathakalpana, Nikriti, Ku.

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