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    See also ākṛtiḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 103.
    ākṛti f. (-tiḥ)

    1 Form, figure.

    2 The body.

    3 Tribe, species.

    4 A metre: a stanza of four lines, with twenty-two syllables to each line.

    E. āṅ before kṛ to make or do, ktin aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 81, col. 2.
    ā-kṛti (tiḥ) 2. f. Form, figure;
    body; tribe, species.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 69, col. 1.
    ākṛti ā-kṛ + ti, f. Form, Śāk. d.

    19; figure, Hiḍ. 2, 2; appearance,

    Brāhmaṇav. 1, 28. — Comp. Nis-, I. adj.

    1. shapeless, Hariv. 12090. 2. ugly,

    Mārk. P. 8, 83. 3. one who disregards

    his religious duties, Man. 3, 154. 4.

    annihilating, Bhāg. P. 1, 6, 4. II. m.

    a proper name. Vāmana-, adj. dwarf-

    shaped.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 111, col. 3.
    Ā-kṛti, is, f., Ved. a constituent part; form, figure,

    shape, appearance, aspect; character, specimen; the

    body; tribe, species; a metre consisting of four lines

    with twenty-two syllables to each line. —Ākṛti-gaṇa,

    as, m. a list of specimens, a collection of words belong-

    ing to a certain grammatical rule, which does not ex-

    hibit every word belonging to that rule, but only speci-

    mens; whereas a simple Gaṇa exhibits every word;

    (explained by native authorities to mean a list of words,

    the fact of a word belonging to which can only be

    determined by observing the forms used by classical

    authors.) —Ākṛti-cchatrā, f. the plant Achyranthes

    Aspera. —Ākṛti-mat, ān, atī, at, having shape, em-

    bodied.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 124, col. 2.
    ā́kṛti, f. make; shape; appearance. [√1kṛ + ā, 1157. 1d: cf. ākāra.]

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 58.
    ā́kṛti f. constituent part; shape, form (poss °mant†), beauty.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 37, col. 1.
    ākṛti ā́-kṛti, f. component part; form,
    appearance; -mat, a. having a form, embodied.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 127, col. 2.
    ā́-kṛti f. a constituent part, RV. x, 85, 5 (cf. dvā́daśākṛti)
    ☞ p. 127, col. 2.
    form, figure, shape, appearance, aspect, KātyŚr.; ŚvetUp.; Mn. &c.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 2.
    a well-formed shape, VarBṛS.; Mṛcch.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    kind, species, Suśr.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    specimen, RPrāt.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    a metre (consisting of four lines with twenty-two syllables each), RPrāt. &c.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    (hence in arithm.) the number twenty-two
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    ā́-kṛti m. N. of a prince, MBh. ii, 126 and 1165 (v.l. āṃ-kṛti).

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 85, col. 1.
    ākṛti

    f. (-tiḥ)

    1. Form, figure.

    2. The body.

    3. Tribe, species.

    4. A
    metre: a stanza of four lines, with twenty-two syllables to each
    line.

    E. āṅ before kṛ to make or do, ktin aff.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 67, col. 2.
    ākṛti ākṛti f. (kṛ) conformation, forme, figure.

    Genre, espèce.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 108, col. 1.
    ā-kṛti- f. (rar. -ī-) forme, aspect, corps; belle forme; -mant- a. personnifié.

    Renou Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 78.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 590.
    ā́kṛti (von kar, karoti mit ā) f.

    1) Bestandtheil: samā̂nā̀ṃ māsà ākṛ̂tiḥ ṚV. 10, 85, 5. pañcâpādaṃ pìtaràṃ dvādâśākṛtim (adj.) 1, 164, 12.

    — 2) Form, Gestalt, äussere Erscheinung AK. 3, 4, 164. TRIK. 3, 3, 147. H. an. 3, 249. MED. t. 94. sphyo 'syākṛtirādarśākṛti prāśitraharaṇaṃ camasākṛti vā KĀTY. ŚR. 1, 3, 39. 9, 2, 13. 26, 1, 20. sa vṛkṣakālākṛtibhiḥ paraḥ ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6, 6. vikṛtākṛti M. 11, 52. tulyā° N. 5, 9. dāruṇā° 12, 13. HIḌ. 2, 2. ghorā° HIT. 34, 20. bhavyā° VID. 43. pratibhayā° R. 4, 9, 46. kāñcanā° 1, 13, 26. ajātavyañjanākṛti bei dem sich noch keine Spur von Bart zeigt BRĀHMAṆ. 1, 28. kimiva hi madhurāṇāṃ maṇḍanaṃ nākṛtīnām ŚĀK. 19. aho sarvāsvavasthāsu ramaṇīyatvamākṛtiviśeṣāṇām 80, 7. VID. 105. 260. Ohne alle Noth spalten H. an. MED. und VAIJ. (beim Sch. zu KIR. 1, 36) noch weiter, indem sie die Bedeut. Körper aufstellen.

    — 3) Art, Unterart, Species TRIK. H. an. MED. SUŚR. 2, 17, 14. 16. 49, 8. 164, 11. ākṛtirvyapadeśānāṃ prāya ādita ādita ṚV. PRĀT. 18, 4. Vgl. ākṛtigaṇa .

    — 4) ein Metrum von 88 Silben ṚV. PRĀT. 16, 56. 59. KĀTY. ANUKR. 4, 12. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 163.

    — 5) m. N. pr. eines Mannes MBH. 2, 1165.

    — Vgl. ākāra .

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 171.
    ā́kṛti, f., Bestandtheil [von kṛ mit ā́, vgl. kṛ́ti], s. auch dvā́daśākṛti.

    -is {911,5}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 159, col. 2.
    ā́kṛti

    — 1) f.

    — a) Bestandtheil.

    — b) Form , Gestalt , äussere Erscheinung , Aussehen.

    — c) schöne Gestalt.

    — d) Art , Unterart , Species.

    — e) ein Metrum von 88 (4x22) Silben.

    — f) Bez. der Zahl 22 GAṆIT. 2,7.

    — 2) m. N.pr. eines Mannes MBH. 2,4,31. 31,61.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 39, col. 1.
    ākṛti f. Bestandteil, Form, Gestalt.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 28, col. 1.
    ākṛti f. (r. kṛ s. ti) species, forma, facies. N. 5. 10. BH.

    11. 5. cf. ākāra.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 601, col. 1.
    ākṛti strī ākriyate vyajyate jātiranayā karaṇe ktin .
    jātivyañjake'vayavasaṃsthānabhede . “ākṛtigrahaṇā jātiḥ”
    mahābhā0 . “jātyākṛtivyaktayastu padārthaḥ” gau0 sū0
    tatrākṛtilakṣaṇaṃ tatraivoktam “ākṛtirjātiliṅgākhyā”
    gau0 . “jātergotvādeḥ māsnādiḥ saṃsthānaviśeṣo hi
    liṅgamiti . “iyamākṛtireva śakyārthaḥ iti kecinma-
    nyante . tadabhiprāyeṇa, mahābhā0 . “yenoccāritena sāsrā-
    lāṅgūlakakudakhuraviṣāṇināṃ saṃpratyayo bhavati sa śabda
    iti” anākṛtiḥ saṃjñā ākṛtimantaḥ saṃjñina” iti .
    “loke'pi hyākṛtimato māṃsapiṇḍasya devadatta iti saṃjñā
    kriyate” iti ca mahābhā0 . gautamena tu itarapakṣanirā-
    karaṇena trayāṇāmeva śakyārthatvamurarīkataṃ yathā . “ākṛtista-
    dapekṣatvāt sattvavyavasthānasiddheḥ” sū0 . ākṛtiḥ padārthaḥ
    kutaḥ sattvasya prāṇinogavādervyavasthānariddhervyavasthitatva-
    siddheḥ tadapekṣatvādākṛtyapekṣatvāt ayamaśvogaurayamityādi
    vyavahārasyākṛtatyapekṣatvāt ākṛtireva śakyārthaḥ . iti
    yanmataṃ taddūṣayitvā jāteḥ padārthatvamāha “vyaktyākṛti
    yukte'pyaprasaṅgāt prokṣaṇādīnāṃ mṛdgavake jātiḥ” sū0 .
    mṛdgavake vyaktyākṛtiyukte'pi prokṣaṇādīmamaprasaṅgāt jātiḥ
    padārthaḥ . itarathā mṛdgavakasyāpi vyaktitvāt gavākṛtimattvācca
    vaidhaprokṣaṇādiprasaṅga iti bhāvaḥ . evaṃ jātyākṛtivyaktīnāṃ
    pratyekasya śakyatvapakṣaṃ nirākṛtya trayāṇāmeva śakyatvami-
    tyāha . jātyākṛtivyaktayastu padārthaḥ” sū0 “tuśabdena
    ekamātrapadārthatvavyavacchedaḥ ekakavacanaṃ tu tisṛṣva-
    pyekaiva śaktiriti sūcanāya, vibhinnaśaktau kadācit
    kasyacidupasthitiḥ syāt . śaktestulyatve'pi vyakterviśe-
    ṣyatvaṃ tathaiva śaktigrahāt . nacākṛtyādisādhāraṇa-
    śakyatāvacchedakābhāvāt na śaktyaikyam iti vācyam tathā
    niyame mānābhāvāt idaṃ gavādipadamabhipretyāha tena
    paśvādipadasya jātyavācakatve'pi na kṣatiḥ jātipadaṃ vā
    dharmma paraṃ tathaiva lakṣaṇasya vaktavyatvāditi” vṛttiḥ . evaṃ
    śakyatvaṃ vyavasthāpya ākṛterlakṣaṇamuktaṃ “ākṛtirjāti-
    liṅgākhyā” sū0 prāgvivṛtam . etenākṛtiśabdasya
    jātivyaktyoḥ saṃbandhaparatvakalpanamarvācīnānāṃ parāstam
    sambandhasya jātiliṅgatvābhāvāt tasya śakyatāvacchedasambandha-
    tvena śakyatvābhāvācca . śā0 bhā0 ākṛtīnāṃ nityatvoktiḥ
    tulyākṛtimavāhanityatvābhiprāyeṇa draṣṭavyā “yatrākṛti-
    statra guṇā vasanti” nītiḥ “na tulāviṣaye tavākṛtiḥ”
    “tvadudāharaṇākṛtau guṇāḥ” iti ca naiṣa0 2 ākāre “iṅgitaṃ
    hṛdgatobhāvo bahirākāra ākṛtiriti” sajjanokteḥ
    3 ākṛtiyukte dehe “kimiva hi madhurāṇāṃ maṇḍanaṃ nākṛ-
    tīnām” śaku0 . “spaṣṭākṛtiḥ patrarathendraketoḥ” raghuḥ .
    “sphuritaṃ manogatamivākṛtayaḥ” “govarddhanasyākṛtiranva-
    kāri” iti ca māghaḥ . “nākṛtigurutā gurutā” udbhaṭaḥ .
    4 ākare mūlagranthādau ca ākṛtigaṇaḥ .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 28, col. 2.
    Ākṛti. § 273 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 14, 586 (brother of

    the Bhoja king Bhīṣmaka; like to Rāma Jāmadagnya; has

    placed himself under Jarāsandha).—§ 284 (Sahadeva): II,

    31α, 1165 (a king in the south, subjected by Sahadeva;

    Ākṛtiṃ Kauśikācāryam…vaśe cakre…Surāṣṭrādhi-

    patiṃ).

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 144.
    Ākṛti (I) — a progenitor, responsible for form and

    shape.

    Br. II. 9. 1 and 7.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 144.
    Ākṛti (II) — a son of Babhru.

    Br. III. 70. 38.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 87, col. 2.
    ĀKṚTI . A king of ancient Bhārata. This king ruled

    over the land of Saurāṣṭra. (Śloka 61, Chapter 31,

    Sabhā Parva, M.B.).