Kritanishcaya, ṛtԾśⲹ, Krita-nishcaya: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term ṛtԾśⲹ can be transliterated into English as Krtaniscaya or Kritanishcaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kritanishchaya.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationṛtԾśⲹ (कृतनिश्च�) refers to “one’s resolve (to perform penance)�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.23 (“Attempt of Himavat to dissuade Pārvatī�).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “O excellent sage, while Pārvatī was engaged in penance thus for attaining Śiva, a long time elapsed but Śiva did not appear. Then Himavat came there along with his wife, sons and ministers and spoke to Pārvatī, who had resolved [i.e., ṛtԾśⲹ] to continue her penance�.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English DictionaryṛtԾśⲹ (कृतनिश्च�).—m S A firm resolve or purpose. 2 attrib. That has determined or resolved.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṛtԾśⲹ (कृतनिश्च�).�a.
1) resolute, resolved; युद्धा� कृतनिश्चयः (yuddhāya ṛtԾśⲹ�) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.37.
2) confident, sure.
ṛtԾśⲹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṛt and Ծśⲹ (निश्चय).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṛtԾśⲹ (कृतनिश्च�).—mfn.
(-ⲹ�--ⲹ�) Confident, sure, certain. E. ṛt, and Ծśⲹ certainly.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryṛtԾśⲹ (कृतनिश्च�).—[adjective] convinced, certain, sure; resolute, determined to ([dative], [locative], infin., or —�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṛtԾśⲹ (कृतनिश्च�):—[=ṛt-Ծśⲹ] [from ṛt > k�] mfn. determined or resolved on ([dative case], [locative case] [infinitive mood] or in [compound]), [Rāmāyaṇa iii, 50, 16; Bhagavad-gītā ii, 37 etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] resolute (as speech), [Kādambarī]
3) [v.s. ...] one who has ascertained anything, sure, certain.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṛtԾśⲹ (कृतनिश्च�):—[ṛt-Ծśⲹ] (ya�-yā-ya�) a. Confident.
2) [ṛt-Ծśⲹ] (ya�-yā-ya�) a. Intent on.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (saṃsṛtm), 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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Partial matches: Nishcaya, Krita.
Full-text: Martavya, Nishcayin, Digvijaya, Digjaya, Abhyavahara, Baladhana, Nishcaya.
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