Kritashauca, Kṛtaśauca, Krita-shauca: 10 definitions
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Kritashauca means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Kṛtaśauca can be transliterated into English as Krtasauca or Kritashauca, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kritashaucha.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKṛtaśauca (कृतशौच).—The sacred spot where Nṛsimha blessed the Mother Goddess: Here Rudra established his Raudri body in the midst of ‘seven mothers’. Here is Ardhanārīśvara praying to Nṛsimha;1 a tīrtha sacred to suṅhikā.2
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesKṛtaśauca (कृतशौच) refers to the name of a Tīrtha (pilgrim’s destination) mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. ). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kṛtaśauca) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Kṛtaśauca (कृतशौच) refers to the “rite of purification”, and is mentioned in verse 2.1 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—The possessive compound kṛtaśauca-vidhi (“having performed the rite of purification”) has been turned into an independent sentence: gtsaṅ-sprai cho-ga bya (“he shall perform the rite of purification”) bya being on a par with phyir gnas-te in pāda b. The following tataḥ has been inserted between subordinate clause and main sentence.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṛtaśauca (कृतशौच).—a. purified; पुण्डरीकमवाप्नोति कृतशौचो भवेच्च सः (puṇḍarīkamavāpnoti kṛtaśauco bhavecca saḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.83.21.
Kṛtaśauca is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛta and śauca (शौच).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtaśauca (कृतशौच).—mfn.
(-caḥ-cā-caṃ) Purified, cleansed, freed from the natural dejections, released from conventional defilement, &c. E. kṛta, and śauca purification.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtaśauca (कृतशौच).—[adjective] who has purified himself.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṛtaśauca (कृतशौच):—[=kṛta-śauca] [from kṛta > kṛ] mfn. one who has performed purification, purified, free from bodily impurities, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] mn. Name of a locality, [Matsya-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtaśauca (कृतशौच):—[kṛta-śauca] (caḥ-cā-caṃ) a. Purified.
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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.
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Partial matches: Krita, Shauca.
Starts with: Kritashaucam.
Full-text: Kritashaucam, Bahyabhyantara, Simhika, Samdhya.
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