# कीर्तन (kīrtana)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kirtan

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.

- **SLP1:** `kIrtana`  **IAST:** kīrtana  **Devanagari:** कीर्तन
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kirtan/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Act of Naming/Praising/Reciting (7 definitions)
- mentioning, repeating, or telling  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 285,1] कीर्तन (kīrtana) n. mentioning, repeating, saying, telling, MBh.; Pañcat. &c. [ ID=50789 ]
- mentioning or praising  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 285,1] कीर्तना (kīrtanā) f. id., Suśr. [ ID=50790 ]
- 1. Mention, report, or enumeration. 2. Narration.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीर्तन (kīrtana) [Printed book page 069-1 ] कीर्तन (kīrtana) kīrt-ana, n. mention, report; enumeration; narration; -anīya, fp. to be mentioned or praised. [ ID=5943 ]
- telling, narrating  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीर्तन (kīrtana) [Printed book page 190-29 ] कीर्तन (kīrtana) n. telling, narrating. [ ID=9480 ]
- Mention, report  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीर्तन (kīrtana) [Printed book page 0188-b ] कीर्तन (kīrtana) kīrtana, i. e. kṛt + ana, n., and f. nā, Mention, report, Pañc. 163, 21; Dev. 12, 21. [ ID=3445 ]
- mentioning, report  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कीर्तन (kīrtana) [Printed book page 122 ] कीर्तन (kīrtana) n. ° ना (°nā) f. mentioning, report. [ ID=7845 ]
- 1. Mentioning, repeating, or praising. 2. Fame or glory.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0252-a ] Kīrtana, am, n. mentioning, repeating, saying, telling, celebrating, praising; ( ā ), f. fame, glory. [ ID=15718 ]

### Fame-Bestowing Structure/Work (2 definitions)
- a monument  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 1324,3] a monument, Jātakam. [ ID=50789.1 sup ]
- a temple  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a temple, Inscr. [ ID=50789.2 sup ]

### Etymological/Cross-Reference (1 definition)
- See under root krt.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कीर्तन (kīrtana) [Printed book page 0231-b ] कीर्तन (kīrtana), कीर्ति, (kīrtana, kīrti,) &c. See under rt. kṝt. [ ID=14859 ]

### Fame/Glory (1 definition)
- fame  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > fame, L. [ ID=50791 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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