Kritartha, 碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补, Krita-artha: 17 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 can be transliterated into English as Krtartha or Kritartha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kratarth.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�).鈥擫it which has got its purpose served: a term used in connection with a rule that has been possible to be applied (without clash with another rule) in the case of certain instances, although it comes into conflict in the case of other istances cf. 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶ムい啷嵿さ啶距う啷� 啶︵た啶曕ざ啶啶︵お啶曕啶粪 啶ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶犩啷嵿啶む 啶膏啶ぞ啶むぞ啶 (tatra 办峁泃腻谤迟丑补tv腻d dika艣abdapak峁 pare峁嘺 峁環a帽jatau sy腻迟腻m) K腻艣. P.IV. 3.5. The word 啶氞ぐ啶苦い啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ (肠补谤颈迟腻谤迟丑补) is used almost in the same sense.
Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy腻kara峁嘺) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Kavya (poetry)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�) [=碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补迟腻?] refers to 鈥�(being) content鈥�, according to K腻lid腻sa鈥檚 Raghuva峁兣沘 verse 8.3-4.鈥擜ccordingly: 鈥淗aving experienced his great consecration with water gathered by Vasi峁ａ弓ha, the earth seemed to express her contentment (办峁泃腻谤迟丑补迟腻) with clear sighs. When the ritual had been performed for him by the guru who knew the Atharvaveda, he became unassailable by his enemies, for when Brahman is united with the power of weapons it is a union of wind and fire鈥�.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�) refers to 鈥渂ecoming contented鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.3.51 (鈥淭he resuscitation of K腻ma鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm腻 narrated to N腻rada: 鈥淸...] On seeing her husband in the same form as before, wielding the bow and the arrows and smiling, Rati bowed to lord 艢iva. She became contented (办峁泃腻谤迟丑补) . With her husband resuscitated and with palms joined in reverence she eulogised the lord, the bestower of her husband, frequently. On hearing the eulogy of K腻ma and his wife, 艢iva was delighted and he spoke with his heart melting with pity鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�) refers to (1) 鈥渉aving achieved the goal of life鈥� or (2) 鈥渉aving done what has to be done鈥�, according to the A峁ａ弓腻vakrag墨迟腻 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved腻nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as Janaka says to A峁ａ弓avakra]: 鈥淸...] Owing to the distraction of such things as wrong identification, one is driven to strive for mental stillness. Recognising this pattern I am now established. [...] Trying to think the unthinkable, is doing something unnatural to thought. Abandoning such a practice therefore, I am now established. He who has achieved this has achieved the goal of life (办峁泃腻谤迟丑补) [evameva 办峁泃补峁� yena sa 办峁洺倌錼tho bhavedasau]. He who is of such a nature has done what has to be done (办峁泃腻谤迟丑补)鈥�.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved腻nta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary办峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�).鈥攁 (S) That has accomplished the object of existence or an object in gen. 2 Answered, accomplished, satisfied--a law, a precept.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English办峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�).鈥�a That has accomplished the object of existence. Answered, accomplish- ed, satisfied-a law, a precept.
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 dictionary碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�).鈥�a.
1) having gained one's object, successful; 啶忇啶� 啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶ム 啶さ啶む 啶掂啶むざ啷嬥啶� (eka岣� 办峁洺倌錼tho bhavate v墨ta艣oka岣�) 艢wet. Up.2.14.
2) satisfied; happy, contented; 啶掂く啶� 啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶ムぞ 啶囙い啷嵿く啶た啶え啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むた 啶ぞ啶侧ぞ啶� (vaya峁� 办峁洺倌錼th腻 ityabhimanyanti b腻l腻岣�) 惭耻峁囜笉.1.2.9; 啶曕啶む 啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶ム啶洁じ啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶ㄠた啶ぐ啷嵿す啶苦い啶距啶灌じ啶� (办峁泃补岣� 办峁洺倌錼tho'smi nibarhi迟腻峁僪as腻) 艢i艣up腻lavadha 1.29; R.8.3; Kir腻迟腻rjun墨ya 4.9; 艢.2.1; Pa帽catantra (Bombay) 1.194.
3) clever.
4) that which has served its purpose (and hence incapable of yielding any further sense or serving any other purpose); 啶啶班啶粪 啶ぞ啶椸 啶多啶班ぞ啶掂く啶苦い啷嵿さ啶� 啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶ム 啶多が啷嵿う 啶忇啶膏啶� 啶︵啶掂く啷嬥ぐ啷嵿が啶灌啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶掂ぞ 啶ぞ啶椸 啶� 啶掂ぞ啶班く啶むた (puru峁 y腻ga峁� 艣r腻vayitv腻 办峁泃腻谤迟丑补岣� 艣abda ekasya dvayorbah奴n腻峁� v腻 y腻ga峁� na v腻rayati) | 艢B. on MS.6.2.3. 啶膏啷冟い啷� 啶曕啶む啶掂ぞ 啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶ム 啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啶� 啶ㄠた啶ぎ啶� 啶啶ㄠ啶啶ㄠ啶 (sa办峁泃 办峁泃v腻 办峁泃腻谤迟丑补岣� 艣abda岣� na niyama岣� pauna岣unye) | 艢B. on MS.6.2.27; 啶膏ぞ 啶氞ぞ啶曕ぞ啶權啶曕啶粪ぞ 啶忇啷囙え啶距お啶� 啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶ムぞ 啶さ啶む啶む啶啶曕啶むぎ啷� (s腻 c腻k腻峁卥峁Ｄ� eken腻pi 办峁洺倌錼th腻 bhavat墨tyuktam) | 艢B. on MS.11.1.13. (办峁泃腻谤迟丑墨办峁�
1) to render fruitful or successful; 办峁泃腻谤迟丑墨办峁泃ya ta峁� vipram Kath腻sarits腻gara 74.125.
2) to make good; k腻nta峁� pratyupac腻rata艣caturay腻 kopa岣� 办峁泃腻谤迟丑墨办峁泃a岣� Amaru艣ataka 15; so 办峁泃腻谤迟丑补yati to make fruitful; M腻lat墨m腻dhava (Bombay) 3.6.)
碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 办峁泃补 and artha (啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-谤迟丑补岣�-谤迟丑腻-谤迟丑补峁�) Successful, having attained an end, having accomplished a purpose or desire. E. 办峁泃补 done, artha object.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�).鈥攁dj. having attained one鈥檚 end, satisfied, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 4, 34, 22.
碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 办峁泃补 and artha (啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�).鈥擺adjective] who has attained his object, satisfied. Abstr. 迟腻 [feminine], tva [neuter]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�):鈥擺from 办峁泃补 > 办峁�] a mf(腻)n. one who has attained an end or object or has accomplished a purpose or desire, successful, satisfied, contented, [Mu峁囜笉aka-upani峁d; 艢ve迟腻艣vatara-upani峁d; Mah腻bh腻rata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] clever [commentator or commentary] on [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] m. [varia lectio] for 办峁洺倌錼gha q.v.
4) [from 办峁�] b etc. See 办峁泃补.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�):鈥擺办峁洺倌�+rtha] (rtha岣�-rth腻-rtha峁�) a. Successful.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (sa峁僺办峁泃补m), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�) [Also spelled kratarth]:鈥�(a) gratified; obliged; hence ~[迟腻] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (嗖曕硟嗖む簿嗖班硩嗖�):鈥擺noun] a man who has completed his work, duty.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary碍峁泃腻谤迟丑补 (啶曕啶むぞ啶班啶�):鈥攁dj. 1. satisfied; content; 2. accomplished; finished;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Artha, Krita.
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