कर्त्तृ

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कर्त्तृ  mfn.  1. mfn. one who cuts off
   one who extinguishes, a destroyer, [Vīrac.]
कर्त्तृ  mfn.  2. mfn. one who spins, a spinner, [MBh. viii.]

Shabda-Sagara

कर्त्तृ  mfn.  ( -र्त्ता-र्त्त्री-र्त्तृ)
   1. An agent, a doer, a maker, one who makes or does.
   2. One who practises what he knows.
  m.  ( -र्त्ता)
   1. A name of BRAHMA.
   2. (In grammar,) The active noun, the nominative case.
    E. कृ to do, and तृच् affix: it may also be read कर्तृ.

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कृ तृच् कर्तृ