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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कृत्तिकाkṛttikā(pl.) [कृत्-तिकन् किच्च; Uṇ.3.147]
1. (Plural) कृत्-तिकन् किच्च; Uṇ.3.147
2. The third of the 27 lunar mansions or asterisms, (consisting of 6 stars) the Pleiades; Bhāg.6.14.3.
3. The six stars represented as nymphs acting as nurses to Kārtikeya, the god of war.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अञ्जिः a kind of horse in an Aśvamedha sacrifice having a carriage as an emblem.
- -तनयः, -पुत्रः, -सुतः epithets of Kārtikeya; अनुगच्छति देवेशं ब्रह्मण्यः कृत्तिकासुतः Mb.3.231.54.
- -भवः the moon.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

कृत्तिकाkṛttikā[kríttikâ] f. (pl. V., sg. C.) the Pleia des (a lunar mansion): personified as the six nurses of Skanda.

[kríttikâ] feminine; also equal for (plural Veda, Vedic, singular Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit) the Pleia des (a lunar mansion): personified as the six nurses of Skanda.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कृत्तिकाkṛttikāf. pl. (rarely sg. MBh. iii, 14464 BhP. vi, 14, 30), N. of a constellation (the Pleiads, originally the first…
1. feminine plural (rarely sg. MBh. iii, 14464 BhP. vi, 14, 30), Name of a constellation (the Pleiads, originally the first, but in later times the third lunar mansion, having Agni अग्नि as its regent; this constellation, containing six stars, is sometimes represented as a flame or as a kind of razor or knife; for their oldest names see TS. iv, 4, 5, 1; in mythol. the six Kr2ittika1s कृत्तिका s are nymphs who became the nurses of the god of war, Ka1rttikeya कार्त्तिकेय) AV. TS. S3Br. etc.
2. feminine white spots VarBr2S. lxv, 5 Scholiast or Commentator
3. feminine a vehicle, cart S3Br. xiii Scholiast or Commentator
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कृत्तिकाञ्जिkṛttikāñji(˚का*ञ्) mfn. having white spots S3Br. xiii, 4, 2, 4 Ka1tyS3r.
1. (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedका*ञ्) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having white spots S3Br. xiii, 4, 2, 4 Ka1tyS3r.
2. (S3Br.).
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कृत्तिकापिञ्जरkṛttikāpiñjaramfn. red with white spots Hcar.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective red with white spots Hcar.

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कृत्तिकाभवkṛttikābhavam. "being in the lunar mansion Kr2ittika1 कृत्तिका", N. of the moon L.

masculine gender "being in the lunar mansion Kr2ittika1 कृत्तिका", Name of the moon Lexicographers

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कृत्तिकासम्भवkṛttikāsambhavam. id. Gal.

masculine gender the same Gal.

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कृत्तिकासुतkṛttikāsutam. "son of the Kr2ittika1s कृत्तिका s", N. of Skanda स्कन्द or Ka1rttikeya कार्त्तिकेय (the nymphs called…

masculine gender "son of the Kr2ittika1s कृत्तिका s", Name of Skanda स्कन्द or Ka1rttikeya कार्त्तिकेय (the nymphs called Kr2ittika1s कृत्तिका s being his foster-mothers) Lexicographers

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प्रतिकृत्तिकाpratikṛttikāf. g. अश्वा*दि .

feminine gaRa अश्वा*दि .

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विकृत्तिकाvikṛttikāf. (perhaps w.r. for ˚कृन्तिका) acute and violent pain in the limbs Car.

feminine (perhaps wrong reading for that the rest of a word is to be suppliedकृन्तिका) acute and violent pain in the limbs Car.

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