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kratuḥ

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. krätu-

krätu- ın. Kraft, magische Kraft, Siegeskraft, Herrscherkraft, Willenskraft, Geisteskraft, Energie (RV +; s. Stru, Gs Nyberg IT 265 ff. [mit reicher Lit.], T. I. Oranskaja, SktDrKu II 72EE., H.-P. Schmidt, IN 21 [1979] 109£., zur Flexion AiGr II 138); kritumant- begeistert, mit Geisteskraft versehen (RV); kratüJAnti sie zeigen sich kraftvoll (RV); krawramagha- mit Willen gespendet (RV); su-kräru- mit guter … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. krätu-, p. 462]

2. كرَتُ

kratu m. (√ 1. kṛ, or 2. kṛ), plan, design, intention, resolution, determination, purpose, RV. ; VS. ; ŚBr. ; BṛĀrUp.

3. كرَتُ

intelligence, understanding ( e.g. bhadrakratu, right judgement, good understanding; also in conjunction or in comp. or ifc. with dakṣa See kratudakṣau and dakṣakratū), RV. ; VS. ; TS. ; ŚBr.

4. كرَتُ

Kratu as intelligence personified (as a son of Brahmā and one of the Prajā-pati s or the seven or ten principal Ṛṣi s, Mn. i, 35 ; MBh. i, 2518 & 2568 ; Hariv. &c.; [ N. of a star] VarBṛS. ; married to Kriyā and father of 60,000 Vālikhilya s, BhP. iv, 1, 39 ; husband of Haya-śirā , vi, 6, 33 )

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. krätu (vol. 1, scan pp. 462-463; entry #5169). Root candidates: *kretu-, *krtu-.

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