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Results for कृष्टि
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
कृष्टिkṛṣṭif. pl. (once only sg. RV. iv, 42, 1) men, races of men (sometimes with the epithet म्/आनुषीस् [i, 59, 5 and…
feminineplural (once only sg. fg-veda iv, 42, 1) men, races of men (sometimes with the epithet म्/आनुषीस् [i, 59, 5 and vi, 18, 2] or न्/आहुषीस् [vi, 46, 7] or मानव्/ईस् [AV. iii, 24, 3]; confer, compareचर्षण्/इ; originally the word may have meant cultivated ground, then an inhabited land, next its inhabitants, and lastly any race of men; Indra इन्द्र and Agni अग्नि have the Nameर्/आजा or प्/अतिः कृष्टीन्/आम्; the term प्/अञ्च कृष्ट्/अयस्, perhaps originally designating the five A1ryan Aryan tribes of the Yadus यदु s, Turvas3as तुर्वश s, Druhyus द्रुह्यु s, Anus अनु s, and Pu1rus पूरु s, comprehends the whole human race, not only the A1ryan Aryan tribes) fg-veda AV.
feminine ploughing, cultivating the soil Lexicographers
feminine attracting, drawing Lexicographers
feminine "harvest", the consequences (कर्म-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) Naish. vi, 100
masculine gender a teacher, learned man or Pan2d2it Pandit Hariv. 3588 SkandaP.
आकृष्टिākṛṣṭif. attracting, drawing towards one's self (as of the bow-string in bending the bow) Kap. &c.
feminine attracting, drawing towards one's self (as of the bow-string in bending the bow) Kap. etc.
feminine (in Ta1ntric Tantric texts) attracting of an absent person into one's presence (by a magic formula), also the formula (मन्त्र) used for this purpose.