कीर्तनkīrtana

कीर्तन (kīrtana) is a Sanskrit word meaning mentioning, repeating, or telling, a monument, a temple, mentioning or praising, fame, mentioning, repeating, or praising. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Act of Naming/Praising/Reciting, Fame-Bestowing Structure/Work, Etymological/Cross-Reference.

Definitions: 11

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Meanings by context

Act of Naming/Praising/Reciting

7 definitions

mentioning, repeating, or telling

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

mentioning or praising

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Mention, report, or enumeration. 2. Narration.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

telling, narrating

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mention, report

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mentioning, report

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Mentioning, repeating, or praising. 2. Fame or glory.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Fame-Bestowing Structure/Work

2 definitions

a monument

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a temple

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Etymological/Cross-Reference

1 definition

See under root krt.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Fame/Glory

1 definition

fame

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 6 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.