kriyā क्रिया – action; activity

Original text · English · substantive feminine

kriyā ·f. action, performance, occupation, labour, pains; activity, verb; work, esp. religious work, sacrifice, ceremony, worship; argument, document, bond, contract.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

kriyā kriyā, f. (fr. rt. 1. kṛ), doing, per- forming, performance; business; an act, action, un- dertaking; activity; work; labour; bodily action, exercise of the limbs; a literary work; medical treatment or practice; applying a remedy, cure (e. g. samakriya-tva, the being treated according to one and the same system of medicine; viṣamakriya- tva, the being treated according to different methods); a religious rite or ceremony, sacrificial act, sacrifice; obsequies, rites performed immediately after death; purificatory rites, as ablution &c.; (religious action is sometimes personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma, or a daughter of Kardama and wife of Kratu); judicial investigation by human means, as by witnesses, documents, &c., or by superhuman or ordeals of various kinds; (in grammar) action (as the general idea expressed by any verb); a verb, (ac- cording to later grammarians a verb is of two kinds, sakarma-kriyā, active, and akarma-kriyā, intran- sitive); a noun of action; native lexicographers give also the following meanings to kriyā, — atonement; disquisition; study; means, expedient; instrument, implement.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

kriyā́ (von 1. kar) f. P. 3,3,100. VOP. 26,187. 1〉 Ausführung, Verrichtung, Bereitung, Beschäftigung womit; Geschäft; Handlung, Thätigkeit, Arbeit, Mühe AK. 3,3,1. AK. 3,4,24,159. TRIK. 3,2,1. H. 1497. H. an. 2,351. fg. MED. y. 12. Z. d. d. m. G. 9, LVIII. iṣṭakākriyā KĀTY. ŚR. 16,4,24. punaḥ kriyā KĀTY. ŚR. 25,4,15. yajuḥkriyā KĀTY. ŚR. 1,10,13. paśorvā savanavidhikriyā KĀTY. ŚR. 24,7,26. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,6,6. KĀTY. ŚR. 4,3,25. kriyayā caiva karmaṇām M. 9,298. kauśīlavyasya ca kriyā M. 11,65. lavaṇa˚ YĀJÑ. 3,235. mṛtpātra˚ MBH. 13,38. yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ BHAG. 17,24. upacāra˚ M. 8,357. dharma˚ M. 8,226. M. 12,31. vikarma˚ M. 9,226. sarvakāmakriyābhiśca sarveṣāṃ tuṣṭimāvahat SĀV. 3,19. īpsitārthakriyā MEGH. 112. palāyanakriyāṃ kurvanti PAÑCAT. 63,9. nāśmani syātkṣurakriyā PAÑCAT. I, 430. dvāradurga˚ R. 5,72,3. ṛṇaṃ dātumaśakto yaḥ kartumicchetpunaḥ kriyām ein neues Geschäft eingehen M. 8,154. sarveṣvarthavivādeṣu balavatyuttarā kriyā Act YĀJÑ. 2,23. akāmasya kriyā kāciddṛśyate neha karhicit M. 2,4. mānuṣe vidyate kriyā M. 7,205. arthena parihīṇasya puruṣasyālpamedhasaḥ . kriyāḥ sarvā vinaśyanti grīṣme kusarito yathā HIT. I, 117. jñānaṃ bhāraḥ kriyāṃ vinā HIT. 16. autsukyanivṛttyarthaṃ yathā kriyāsu pravartate lokaḥ SĀṂKHYAK. 58. mandaḥ kriyāsu AK. 3,1,17. H. 353. praṇayikriyā Liebesdienst VIKR. 94. nādravye vihitā kācitkriyā phalavatī bhavet HIT. Pr. 43. kriyā hi vastūpahitā prasīdati RAGH. 3,29. Handlung (als allgemeiner Verbalbegriff) P. 1,3,1, Sch. AK. 1,1,5,3. kriyāśabda H. 1525. kriyā = ceṣṭā eine Handlung des Körpers, Bewegung der Glieder AK. 3,4,24,159. H. an. MED. kriyāyuktamapamūrdhakalevaram = kabandha AK. 2,8,2,86. Arbeit, literärisches Product: śṛṇuta janā avadhānātkriyāmimāṃ kālidāsasya VIKR. 2. — 2〉 ärztliche Behandlung, Anwendung von Mitteln, Kur AK. 3,4,24,159. H. an. MED. SUŚR. 1,5,10. SUŚR. 1,5,13. moghāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā bhavantyeva gatāyuṣaḥ SUŚR. 117,12. mṛdvīṃ kuryātkriyām SUŚR. 129,15. SUŚR. 131,5. mūtravartikriyā SUŚR. 2,134,14. puṭapākakriyādyāsu kriyāsvekaiva kalpanā SUŚR. 355,8. SUŚR. 342,7. samakriyatva, viṣamakriyatva das Unterliegen gleicher, ungleicher Kur SUŚR. 1,272,6. SUŚR. 1,272,7. — 3〉 eine heilige Handlung, Opferhandlung, Cerimonie M. 2,80. pratyūhennāgniṣu kriyāḥ M. 5,84. nāsti strīṇāṃ kriyā mantraiḥ M. 9,18. hīnakriya M. 3,7. sa gururyaḥ kriyāḥ kṛtvā vedamasmai prayacchati YĀJÑ. 1,34. kṛtvā paurvāhṇikīṃ kriyām ARJ. 4,2. BHAG. 2,43. BHAG. 11,48. VIŚV. 3,24. VIŚV. 3,25. ŚĀK. 13. ŚĀK. 13,23. kriyāśca tasyā (jātāyāḥ) muditaścakre sa nṛpatistadā SĀV. 1,20. anuṣṭhitajātakarmādikriyaḥ ad ŚĀK. 191. puṃsavanādikāḥ kriyāḥ — vyadhatta RAGH. 3,10. kriyatāmeṣāṃ sūtānāṃ caramā kriyā Todtencerimonie, Verbrennung des Leichnams u. s. w. MBH. 4,834. R. 6,96,10. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 119. kriyālopa M. 9,180. M. 10,43. BRAHMA-P. 56,20. kriyāpaddhati Verz. d. B. H. No. 1073. Verz. d. B. H. No. 1107. uttarakriyāvidhi Verz. d. B. H. 1108. Cultus, = pūjana, pūjā, arcā AK. 3,4,24,159. H. an. MED. tretādiṣu harerarcā kriyāyai kavibhiḥ kṛtā BHĀG. P. 7,14,39. = śrāddha SVĀMIN_zu_AK. = śauca ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — 4〉 in der Gerichtsspr. = kriyāpāda BṚHASP._im_VYAVAHĀRAT. ŚKDR. — 5〉 die person. Thätigkeit oder heilige Handlung ist eine Tochter Dakṣaʼs und Gemahlin Dharmaʼs MBH. 1,2578. HARIV. 12452. VP. 54. fg. BHĀG. P. 4,1,49. BHĀG. P. 4,1,51. eine Tochter Kardamaʼs und Gemahlin Kratuʼs BHĀG. P. 3,24,23. BHĀG. P. 4,1,39. — Die Lexicographen kennen noch folgende Bedd.: 6〉 Beginn (ārambha, prārambha). — 7〉 Sühne (niṣkṛti). — 8〉 Untersuchung (saṃpradhāraṇa). — 9〉 Studium (śikṣāḥ vgl. kriyākāra). — 10〉 Mittel (upāya) AK. H. an. MED. — 11〉 Instrument (kāraṇa, wofür MED.: karaṇa) H. an.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kriyā 1〉 Thätigkeit: kriyālakṣaṇa, kriyoparamalakṣaṇa (yoga) SARVADARŚANAS. 77,14. fgg. — 3〉 kriyā mantropāsanaṃ karma tadaṅgabhūtaṃ homādi WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 289. — 4〉 Beweisführung MIT. II, 6,b,6.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

kriyā f. — 1〉 Ausführung, Verrichtung, Bereitung, Beschäftigung mit Etwas, Geschäft, Handlung, Act, Thätigkeit, Arbeit, Mühe. — 2〉 Handlung, so v. a. Verbalbegriff, Verbum Chr. 225,5. Chr. 227,20. — 3〉 Arbeit, so v. a. literärisches Product. — 4〉 ärztliche Behandlung, Anwendung von Mitteln, Kur Spr. 7862. — 5〉 eine heilige Handlung, Opferhandlung, Ceremonie. caramā die letzte, so v. a. Todtenceremonie. — 6〉 Verehrung, Cultus. — 7〉 Beweisführung (karaṇa und kāraṇa der Lexicographen). — 8〉 *Beginn. — 9〉 *Sühne. — 10〉 *Erwägung. — 11〉 *Studium. — 12〉 *Mittel. — 13〉 als Personification eine Tochter Dakṣaʼs und Gattin Dharmaʼs oder eine Tochter Kardamaʼs und Gattin Kratuʼs.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

kriyā [kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa] 1 Doing, execution, performance, accomplishment; upacāra˚, dharma˚; pratyuktaṃ hi praṇayiṣu satābhīpsitārthakriyaiva Me. 114. 2 An action, act, business, undertaking; praṇayikriyā V. 4. 15; Ms. 2. 4. 3 Activity, bodily action, labour. 4 Teaching, instruction; kriyā hi vastūpahitā prasīdati R. 3. 29. 5 Possession of some art (as of singing, dancing &c.), knowledge; śiṣṭā kriyā kasyācidātmasaṃsthā M. 1. 16. 6 Practice (opp. śāstra theory). 7 A literary work, composition; śṛṇuta manobhiravāhitaiḥ kriyāmimāṃ kālidāsasya V. 1. 2; kālidāsaraya kiyāyāṃ kathaṃ pariṣado bahumānaḥ M. 1. 8 A purificatory rite, a religious rite or ceremony. 9 An expiatory rite, expiation. 10 (a) The ceremony of offering oblations to the deceased ancestors (śrāddha). (b) Obsequies. 11 Worship. 12 Medical treatment, application of remedies, cure; śītakriyā M. 4 cold remedies. 13 (In gram.) Action, the general idea expressed by a verb. 14 Motion ([Page 0431-a]) 15 Especially, motion as one of the seven categories of the Vaiśeṣikas; see karman. 16 (In law) Judicial investigation by human means (witnesses &c.) or by ordeals. 17 Burden of proof; kriyā syādvādinordvayoḥ; dvayorapi vādinoḥ kriyā prāpnoti V. May. 18 A verb. 19 A noun of action. 20 Disquisition. 21 Study. 22 Means, expedients, 23 Instrument, implement. Comp. — anvita a. practising ritual observances. — apavargaḥ 1 completion or termination of an affair, execution of a task, kriyāpavargeṣvanujīvisāt kṛtāḥ Ki. 1. 14. 2 liberation from ceremonial acts, absolution. — abhyupagamaḥ a special agreement; kriyābhyupagamāttvetat bījārthaṃ yatpradīyate Ms. 9. 53. — avasanna a. one who loses a law-suit through the statements of the witnesses &c. — iṃdriyaṃ see karmeṃdriya. — kalāpaḥ the whole body of ceremonies enjoined in the Hindu religious law. 2 all the particulars or points of any business. — kāraḥ 1 an agent, worker. 2 a beginner, tyro, a fresh student. 3 an agreement. — dveṣin m. a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the cause (one of the five kinds of witnesses). — dvaitaṃ efficient cause. — nirdeśaḥ evidence. — paṭuṃ a. dexterous. — pathaḥ mode of medical treatment. — padaṃ a verb. — para a. diligent in the performance of one's duty. — pādaḥ the third division of a legal plaint; that is, witnesses, documents and other proofs adduced by the plaintiff or complainant. — yogaḥ 1 connection with the verb. 2 the employment of expedients or means. 3 active devotion. — lopaḥ omission or discontinuance of any of the essential ceremonies of the Hindu religion; kriyālopāt vṛṣalatvaṃ gatāḥ Ms. 10. 43. — vaśaḥ necessary influence of acts done. — vācaka, -vācin a. expressing any action, as a verbal noun. — vādin m. a plaintiff, complainant. — vidhiḥ a rule of action, manner of any rite; Ms. 9. 220. — viśeṣaṇaṃ 1 an adverb. 2 a predicative adjective. — śaktiḥ f. the power of god (in creating this world) — saṃkrātiḥ f. imparting (to others) one's knowledge; teaching; M. 1. 19. ([Page 0431-b]) — samabhihāraḥ the repetition of any act Śi. 2. 43.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

kriyā f. That, Handlung, Ausführung, Anfertigung, Bereitung (—˚); Thätigkeit, Verbum (g.); Mühe, Arbeit, Werk; Ceremonie, Opfer; Beweisführung (j.).

Original text · French · substantive feminine

kriyā kriyā f. (kṛ; sfx. ya) action à faire, devoir, office, tâche; acte, action, en gén. Entreprise; affaire; moyen, expédient; instrument de l'action. Traitement médical ou chirurgical. Etude. Affaire judiciaire. Rite; surtout rite purificatoire, ablution du corps après la mort. kriyākāra m. novice, étudiant kriyādveṣin m. (dviṣ) témoin à charge. kriyāpāda m. le 4ᵉ acte d'un procès, c-à-d. la preuve ou réplique du plaignant. kriyāvat a. (sfx. vat) occupé ou propre à remplir une fonction, à faire une œuvre, à mener une entreprise. kriyāvācaka a. (vac) qui énonce l'action, tg.: kriyāvācakam ākhyātam le verbe [est le mot qui] exprime l'action. kriyāvādin m. (vad) un plaignant; un dénonciateur.