कृति

Definitions

• the act of doing, making, performing, manufacturing, composing
• action, activity
• creation, work
• literary work
• a house of relics
• ‘magic’ » -कर
• a witch (compare कृत्या)
• a kind of अनुष्टुभ् metre (consisting of two पादs of twelve syllables each and a third पाद of eight syllables)
• another metre (a stanza of four lines with twenty syllables in each)
• (hence) the number twenty
• a collective N. of the metres कृति, प्रक्°, आक्°, विक्°, संक्°, अभिक्°, and उत्कृति
• a square number
• (drama) confirmation of any obtainment
• Name of the wife of संह्राद and mother of पञ्च-जन