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Krishti, ṛṣṭi: 11 definitions

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Krishti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term ṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Krsti or Krishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Krishti in Purana glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

ṛṣṭi (कृष्टि).—A daughter of Marīcī.*

  • * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 11. 12.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Krishti in Arts glossary
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

ṛṣṭi (कृष्टि) refers to the “carrying (of meat)� (by a hawk) (during its training), according to the ŚⲹԾ첹-śٰ: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: “[...] When the hawk is seen to be manned it should be lured in a creance to a piece of meat from increasing distances. The distance is to be increased gradually, and the hawk should be lured twice or thrice. If on being lured, it does not hesitate, nor fly in a curve, and does not ‘carry� (ṛṣṭi) its meat [na māṃsādestathā ṛṣṭi�], then it should be lured without the creance. The next step is to cast it into a tree and then lure it. [...]�.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts�) and Shastras (“sciences�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṛṣṭi (कृष्टि).�f.

1) Test, trial.

2) Injury, trouble, pain.

Derivable forms: ṛṣṭḥ (कृष्टि�).

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ṛṣṭi (कृष्टि).—[ṛṣ-پ] A learned man. -f.

1) Drawing, attracting.

2) Ploughing, cultivating the soil.

Derivable forms: ṛṣṭḥ (कृष्टि�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṛṣṭi (कृष्टि).—m. (ṣṭ�) A teacher, a learned man or Pandit. f.

(-ṣṭ�) ploughing, cultivating the soil. 2. Attracting, drawing. E. ṛṣ to plough, to trace, ti or ktin aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṛṣṭi (कृष्टि).—[feminine] (lit. drawing, ploughing) [plural] the (ploughing) people, the races of men (supposed to be 5).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ṛṣṭi (कृष्टि):—[from ṛṣ] f. [plural] (once only sg. [Ṛg-veda iv, 42, 1]) men, races of men (sometimes with the epithet Գṣīs [i, 59, 5 and vi, 18, 2] or ṣīs [vi, 46, 7] or Բī [Atharva-veda iii, 24, 3]; cf. ṣaṇi; originally the word may have meant cultivated ground, then an inhabited land, next its inhabitants, and lastly any race of men; Indra and Agni have the Name or pati� ṛṣṭīnām; the term pañca ṛṣṭayas, perhaps originally designating the five Āryan tribes of the Yadus, Turvaśas, Druhyus, Anus, and Pūrus, comprehends the whole human race, not only the Āryan tribes), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] f. ploughing, cultivating the soil, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] attracting, drawing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] ‘harvest�, the consequences (karma-k), [Naiṣadha-carita vi, 100]

5) [v.s. ...] m. a teacher, learned man or Paṇḍit, [Harivaṃśa 3588; Skanda-purāṇa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṛṣṭi (कृष्टि):�(ṣṭ�) 2. m. A teacher. f. Ploughing; attracting.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

ṛṣṭi (कृष्टि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṭṭ, ṭṭ.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Krishti in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ṛṣṭi (ಕೃಷ್ಟಿ):�

1) [noun] the act of pulling; a dragging.

2) [noun] the act of cultivating the soil, raising crops; farming; agriculture.

3) [noun] a learned man; a scholar.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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