कृष्टि

{ kṛṣṭiḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कृष्टि  f.  f. pl. (once only sg. [RV. iv, 42, 1]) men, races of men (sometimes with the epithet मा॑नुषीस् [ i, 59, 5 and vi, 18, 2] or ना॑हुषीस् [ vi, 46, 7] or मानवी॑स् [ [AV. iii, 24, 3]]; cf. चर्षणि॑; originally the word may have meant cultivated ground, then an inhabited land, next its inhabitants, and lastly any race of men; इन्द्र and अग्नि have the N. रा॑जा or प॑तिः कृष्टीना॑म्; the term प॑ञ्च कृष्ट॑यस्, perhaps originally designating the five Āryan tribes of the यदुs, तुर्वशs, द्रुह्युs, अनुs, and पूरुs, comprehends the whole human race, not only the Āryan tribes), [RV.]; [AV.]
कृष्टि  f.  f. ploughing, cultivating the soil, [L.]
   attracting, drawing, [L.]
कर्म-क्°   ‘harvest’, the consequences (), [Naiṣ. vi, 100]

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कर्म क्°

कृष्टि  m.  m. a teacher, learned man or Paṇḍit, [Hariv. 3588]; [SkandaP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कृष्टिः [kṛṣṭiḥ]  f. f.
   Test, trial.
   Injury, trouble, pain.
कृष्टिः [kṛṣṭiḥ]   [कृष्-क्तिन्] A learned man. -f.
   Drawing, attracting.
   Ploughing, cultivating the soil.

Shabda-Sagara

कृष्टि  m.  ( ष्टिः) A teacher, a learned man or Pandit.
  f.  ( -ष्टिः) ploughing, cultivating the soil.
   2. Attracting, drawing.
    E. कृष् to plough, to trace, ति or क्तिन् aff.

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कृष् ति क्तिन्

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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