Yajnakratu, Yajñakratu, Yajna-kratu: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYajñakratu (यज्ञक्रतु).—
1) a sacrificial rite; Ait. Br.7.15.
2) a complete rite or chief ceremony.
3) an epithet of Viṣṇu; ईजे च भगवन्तं यज्ञक्रतुरूपम् (īje ca bhagavantaṃ yajñakraturūpam) Bhāgavata 5.7.5.
Derivable forms: yajñakratuḥ (यज्ञक्रतुः).
Yajñakratu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and kratu (क्रतु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajñakratu (यज्ञक्रतु).—m.
(-tuḥ) 1. A complete rite. 2. Vishnu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajñakratu (यज्ञक्रतु).—[masculine] sacrificial rite or ceremony.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yajñakratu (यज्ञक्रतु):—[=yajña-kratu] [from yajña > yaj] m. sacrificial rite or ceremony, a complete rite or chief ceremony, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; ???]
2) [v.s. ...] a personification of Viṣṇu, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] [plural] the Yajña and Kratu s°, [Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad]
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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.
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Partial matches: Kratu, Yajna.
Ends with: Ahritayajnakratu, Mahayajnakratu.
Full-text: Mahayajnakratu, Ahritayajnakratu, Peya, Dasharatra, Pancaratra.
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Mundaka Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
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