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Entry कीर्ति

कीर्तिkīrtif.Fame, renown, glory; इह कीर्तिमवाप्नोति Ms.2.9; वंशस्य कर्तारमनन्तकीर्तिम् R.2.64; स्रोतोमूर्त्या भुवि परिणतां…
[कॄत्-क्तिन्]
1. Fame, renown, glory; इह कीर्तिमवाप्नोति Ms.2.9; वंशस्य कर्तारमनन्तकीर्तिम् R.2.64; स्रोतोमूर्त्या भुवि परिणतां रन्तिदेवस्य कीर्तिम् Me.47. For an interesting distinction between कीर्तिः and यशस् Compare खङ्गादिप्रभवा कीर्तिर्विद्यादिप्रभवं यशः
2. Favour, approbation.
3. Dirt, mud.
4. Extension, expansion.
5. Light, lustre, splendour.
6. Sound.
7. Mention, speech, report.
Derived forms and compounds
- -भाज् Adjective famous, celebrated, renowned. (-Masculine) an epithet of Droṇa, the military preceptor of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas.
- -शेषः survival or remaining behind only in fame, leaving nothing behind but fame id est, that is death; Compare नामशेष, आलेख्यशेष; सरसीव कीर्तिशेषं गतवति भुवि विक्रमादित्ये Vās.
- -स्तम्भः a column of fame; B. R.
In the Gita2·33 10·34

अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि ।

atha cettvamimaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi, — But if thou dost not this battle for the Right, then hast thou abandoned thy duty and virtue and thy glory, and sin shall be thy portion. 2·33
- कीर्तिम् kīrtimAccusativesingular of the feminine noun kīrti (glory).
- कीर्तिःkīrtiḥnominative singular of the feminine noun kīrti (glory).
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