कृति

Etymology
, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) action, activity, doing, work
 * 2) creation, piece
 * 1) creation, piece

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from. Equivalent to the root.

Noun

 * 1) the act of doing, making, performing, manufacturing, composing
 * 2) action, activity
 * 3) creation, work
 * 4) literary work
 * 5) a house of relics
 * 6) ‘magic’ » -कर
 * 7) a witch (compare कृत्या)
 * 8) a kind of अनुष्टुभ् metre (consisting of two पादs of twelve syllables each and a third पाद of eight syllables)
 * 9) another metre (a stanza of four lines with twenty syllables in each)
 * 10)  the number twenty
 * 11) a collective name of the metres कृति, प्रक्°, आक्°, विक्°, संक्°, अभिक्°, and उत्कृति
 * 12) a square number
 * 13)  confirmation of any obtainment
 * 14) name of the wife of संह्राद and mother of पञ्च-जन

Noun

 * 1) name of several persons
 * 2) name of a pupil of हिरण्य-नाभ

Etymology 2
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  the act of hurting, injuring
 * 2)  a knife, dagger, sword