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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for कृत्तिका

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. 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.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · कृत्तिका

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