Humkriti, Huṃkṛti, Hum-kriti: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Huṃkṛti can be transliterated into English as Humkrti or Humkriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHuṃkṛti (हुंकृति).—f.
1) uttering the sound 'hum'; पृष्टा पुनः पुनः कान्ता हुंकारैरेव भाषते (pṛṣṭā punaḥ punaḥ kāntā huṃkāraireva bhāṣate).
2) a menacing sound, sound of defiance; क्षतहुंकारशंसिनः (kṣatahuṃkāraśaṃsinaḥ) Kumārasambhava 2.26; हुंकारेणेव धनुषः स हि विघ्नानपोहति (huṃkāreṇeva dhanuṣaḥ sa hi vighnānapohati) Ś.3.1; R.7.58; Kumārasambhava 5.54.
3) roaring, bellowing in general.
4) the grunting of a boar.
5) the twang of a bow.
Derivable forms: huṃkṛtiḥ (हुंकृतिः).
Huṃkṛti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hum and kṛti (कृति). See also (synonyms): huṃkāra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryHūṃkṛti (हूंकृति).—i. e. hūm-kṛti (cf. the last), f. 1. Making hūm, sound of a sleeping person, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 3, 64, at the end of a comp. adj. 2. Injury, [Nalodya, (ed. Benary.)] 2, 5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryHūṃkṛti (हूंकृति).—[feminine] humming or snorting.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryHuṃkṛti (हुंकृति):—(nf) see [huṃkāra].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHuṃkṛti (ಹುಂಕೃತಿ):—[noun] = ಹುಂಕಾರ [humkara].
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Hūṃkṛti (ಹೂಂಕೃತಿ):—[noun] = ಹೂಂಕಾರ [humkara].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Humkritigey.
Ends with: Bhedadhikkaranyakkarahumkriti, Bhumkriti.
Full-text: Humkara, Bhedadhikkaranyakkarahumkriti, Hum.
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