The Sanskrit term Upakartṛ can be transliterated into English as Upakartr or Upakartri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upakartṛ (उपकर्तृ).—a. One who does a service or favour, useful, friendly; आपत्सूपकर्ता (āpatsūpakartā) Daśakumāracarita 16; हीनान्यनुपकर्तॄणि प्रवृद्धानि विकुर्वते (hīnānyanupakartṝṇi pravṛddhāni vikurvate) R.17.58; उपकर्त्री रसादीनाम् (upakartrī rasādīnām) S. D.624; Śiśupālavadha 2.37.

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

Upakartṛ (उपकर्तृ).—mfn. (-rtā-rtrī-rtṛ) Assisting, befriending, one who helps or befriends. E. upa before kṛ to do, affix tṛn.

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

Upakartṛ (उपकर्तृ).—i. e. upa-kṛ + tṛ, m. An assistant, Mahābhārata 3, 1049.

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

Upakartṛ (उपकर्तृ).—[feminine] rtrī assisting, befriending, kind.

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

Upakartṛ (उपकर्तृ):—[=upa-kartṛ] [from upa-kṛ] mf(trī)n. one who does a favour, one who benefits, a helper, [Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa; Hitopadeśa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kartri, Upa.

Ends with: Rupakartri, Supakartri.

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