# क्रिया (kriyā)

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

क्रिया (kriyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning doing or performing, business, act, or action, undertaking, work, or labor, bodily action or exercise of the limbs, action expressed by a verb, a noun of action. Its 55 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them General Action, Performance, Work, Study, Disquisition, Teaching, Knowledge, Art, Personified Deity, Mythological Figure, Divine Epithet.

- **Root:** 1. कृ (1. kṛ)
- **Etymology:** E. कृ to act, to do, श affix, fem. do. टाप्; the above meanings may be all resolved into the first — E. kṛ to act, to do, śa affix, fem. do. ṭāp; the above meanings may be all resolved into the first
- **SLP1:** `kriyA`  **IAST:** kriyā  **Devanagari:** क्रिया
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kriya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### General Action, Performance, Work (16 definitions)
- 1. Doing or performing. 2. Business, act, or action. 3. Undertaking, work, or labor.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 320,3] क्रिया (kriyā) f. ( Pāṇini (Author) iii, 3, 100 ), doing, performing, performance, occupation with (in comp. ), business, act, action, undertaking, activity, work, labour, Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title); Yājñavalkya (Author) &c. [ ID=57982 ]
- bodily action or exercise of the limbs  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > bodily action, exercise of the limbs, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57983 ]
- Doing, execution, performance  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 1 Doing, execution, performance, accomplishment; उपचार (upacāra) °, धर्म °; प्रत्युक्तं हि (°, dharma°; pratyuktaṃ hi) प्रणयिषु सताभीप्सितार्थक्रियैव (praṇayiṣu satābhīpsitārthakriyaiva) Meghadūta (Bombay) 114
- An action, business, or undertaking.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 2 An action, act, business, undertaking; प्रणयिक्रिया (kriyā) (praṇayikriyā) Vikramorvaśīyam (Bombay) 4. 15; Manusmṛti 2. 4
- Activity, bodily action, labour  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 3 Activity, bodily action, labour
- Practice, as opposed to theory.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 6 Practice ( opp. शास्त्र (śāstra) theory)
- see karmendriya  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — इंद्रियं (iṃdriyaṃ) see कर्मेंद्रिय (karmeṃdriya)
- 1. Making, performance, or action. 2. Business or transaction. 3. Work or literary work. 4. Effort or labor. 5. A verb or verbal notion. 6. A religious rite or ceremony. 7. Medical treatment or cure. 8. Legal proof.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 076-3 ] क्रिया (kriyā) kri-yā, f. making, doing; performance; business, transaction; action, act; work; trouble; labour; notion of the verb, verb ( gr. ); literary work; rite, ceremony; medical treatment, cure; ( legal ) proof. [ ID=6455 ]
- 1. An act or action. 2. Means or expedient. 3. Beginning or undertaking. 4. Atonement. 5. Study. 6. Worship. 7. Disquisition. 8. Remedying or medical treatment. 9. An instrument or implement. 10. A religious ceremony. 11. Funeral rites or obsequies. 12. Purificatory rites. 13. Judicial investigation. 14. A verb. 15. A noun of action.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 257 ] क्रिया (kriyā) f. ( - या (-yā) ) 1 An act, action, acting. 2 Means, expedient. 3 Beginning, undertaking. 4 Atonement. 5 Study. 6 Worship. 7 Disquisition. 8 Bodily action. 9 Remedying, physical treatment or practice. 10 Instrument, implement. 11 A religious or initiatory ceremony. 12 Obsequies, rites performed immediately after death. 12 Purificatory rites, as ablution, &c. 14 Judicial investigation, by human means, as witnesses, documents, &c. or by superhuman or ordeals of various kinds. 15 In grammar, a verb of two kinds, सकर्म्मक्रिया (kriyā) (sakarmmakriyā) active or अकर्म्मक्रिया (kriyā) (akarmmakriyā) intransitive. 16 A noun of action. E. कृ (kṛ) to act, to do, श (śa) affix, fem. do. टाप् (ṭāp); the above meanings may be all resolved into the first. [ ID=12012 ]
- Act, deed, means  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 221-a ] क्रिया (kriyā) ( या ) ((yā)) 1. f. Act, deed, means. [ ID=11463 ]
- 1. Execution or performance. 2. An act, business, or undertaking. 3. Activity, bodily action, or labor. 4. Worship. 5. Teaching or education. 6. Knowledge. 7. Practice as opposed to theory. 8. Medical treatment. 9. A literary work. 10. A purificatory or religious rite and ceremony. 11. An expiatory rite. 12. A ceremony of offering oblations to deceased ancestors. 13. Motion. 14. Judicial investigation by human means or ordeals. 15. Action or the general idea expressed by a verb.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 215-16 ] क्रिया (kriyā) f. 1. Execution, performance, प्रत्युक्तं हि प्रणयिषु सतामीप्सितार्थक्रियैव (pratyuktaṃ hi praṇayiṣu satāmīpsitārthakriyaiva) Megh. ii.51; 2. an act, a business, an undertaking, M. ii.4; 3. activity, bodily action, labour; 4. worship; 5. teaching, education, क्रिया (kriyā) हि वस्तूपहिता प्रसीदति (kriyā hi vastūpahitā prasīdati) R. iii.29; 6. knowledge, शिष्टा क्रिया (kriyā) कस्यचिदात्मसंस्था (śiṣṭā kriyā kasyacidātmasaṃsthā) Mal. i.; 7. practice, as op. to शास्त्र (śāstra) (theory); 8. medical treatment; 9. a literary work, शृणुत मनोभिरवहितैः क्रिया (kriyā) मिमां कालिदासस्य (śṛṇuta manobhiravahitaiḥ kriyāmimāṃ kālidāsasya) Vikr. i.; 10. a purificatory rite, a religious rite or ceremony; 11. an expiatory rite; 12. ceremony of offering oblations to the deceased ancestors ( श्राद्ध (śrāddha) ); 13. motion; 14. motion considered as one of the seven categories of the Vaiśeshikas. See under कर्मन् (karman); 15. judicial investigation by human means or ordeals (in law); 16. action or the general idea expressed by a verb (in gram.). [ ID=10672 ]
- 1. Action. 2. Means or expedient. 3. Undertaking. 4. Atonement. 5. Study. 6. Worship. 7. Disquisition. 8. Bodily action. 9. Medical treatment. 10. Instrument. 11. Religious ceremony. 12. Funeral rites. 13. Purificatory rites. 14. Judicial investigation. 15. A verb. 16. A noun of action.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 211-b ] क्रिया (kriyā) f. ( - या (-yā) ) 1. An act, action, acting. 2. Means, expedient. 2. Beginning, undertaking. 4. Atonement. 4. Study. 6. Worship. 7. Disquisition. 1. Bodily action. 9. Remedying, physical treatment or practice. 10. Instrument, implement. 11. A religious or initiatory ceremony. 12. Obsequies, rites performed immediately after death. 13. Purificatory rites, as ablution, &c. 14. Judicial investigation, by human means, as witnesses, documents, &c. or by superhuman or ordeals of various kinds. 15. In grammar, a verb of two kinds सकर्म्मक्रिया (kriyā) (sakarmmakriyā) active or अकर्म्मक्रिया (kriyā) (akarmmakriyā) intransitive: 16. A noun of action. E. कृ (kṛ) to act, to do, श (śa) affix, fem. aff टाप्; (ṭāp;) the above meanings may be all resolved into the first. [ ID=12006 ]
- 1. Performance. 2. Action or an act. 3. Use. 4. Business. 5. A literary work. 6. Physical treatment. 7. An act of piety. 8. A religious ceremony. 9. Obsequies. 10. A proper name.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0228-b ] क्रिया (kriyā) kriyā, i. e. kṛ + yā, 1. 1. Per- formance, Man. 9, 298. 2. Action, Pañc. 63, 9; an act, Yājñ. 2, 23. 3. Use, Pañc. i. d. 430. 4. Business, Man. 8, 154. 5. A literary work, Vikr. d. 2. 6. Physical treatment, Suśr. 1, 5, 10. 7. An act of piety, Man. 2, 80. 8. A religious ceremony, Man. 5, 84. 9. Obsequies, Rām. 6, 96, 10. 10. A proper name, MBh. 1, 2578. — Comp. Agni-, f. a religious act performed by means of fire, as burning of a corpse. Atithi-, f. hospitality, Rām. 1, 25, 19. Udaka-, f. pouring water in honour of a deceased one, Man. 5, 69. Kṛta -kriya, adj. one who has performed a religious ceremony, e. g. the funeral rites, Man. 5, 99. Kautuka-kriyā, f. the nuptial ceremonies, Ragh. 11, 53. Citra-, f. painting, MBh. 4, 1360. Jala- = udaka-, Rām. 1, 42, 15. Dāra-, f. marriage, Chr. 3, 8. Dharma-, f. observance of duties, Man. 12, 31. Niṣkriya, i. e. nis-, adj. 1. inactive, Bhāṣāp. 85. 2. one who does not per- form his religious duties, Man. 11, 18. Nirahaṃkriyā, i. e. nis-aham-, I. f. want Page0229-a+ 42 of selfishness, Bhāg. P. 3, 29, 18. II. -kriya, adj. impersonal, 3, 27, 14. La- ghu-, f. a trifle, bahvārambhe laghu- kriyā, Much ado about nothing, Cāṇ. 91, in Montasber. Berl. Ak. Hist. Phil. 1864, 413. Vaśa-, f. 1. subduing by drugs, charms, etc. 2. The drugs, etc., so used. Vikarmakriyā, i. e. vikarman-, f. 1. vicious conduct, Man. 9, 226. 2. illegal act. Sa-kriya, adj. one who observes his religious duties, Lass. 42, 2. Hīna- ( vb. hā ), adj. one who neglects his religious duties, Man. 3, 7. [ ID=3937 ]
- 1. Action, performance, labour, or activity, including verbs. 2. Religious work, sacrifice, ceremony, or worship. 3. An argument, document, bond, or contract.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 137 ] क्रिया (kriyā) f. action, performance, occupation, labour, pains; activity, verb; work, esp. religious work, sacrifice, ceremony, worship; argument, document, bond, contract. [ ID=8652 ]
- 1. Action or performance. 2. Labor or pains.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 145-b ] kriyā, f. action; performance; doings; labor, pains. [ √1kṛ, 1213d.] [ ID=1242 ]
- 1. Doing, performing, or execution. 2. Business, undertaking, work, or labor. 3. An act or action. 4. Bodily action or exercise of the limbs. 5. A literary work. 6. Medical treatment, practice, or applying a remedy. 7. A religious rite, ceremony, or sacrifice. 8. Obsequies or rites performed immediately after death. 9. Purificatory rites such as ablution. 10. Judicial investigation by human or superhuman means. 11. Grammatical action or a verb. 12. A noun of action. 13. Atonement. 14. Disquisition or study. 15. Means, expedient, instrument, or implement.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0260-c ] क्रिया (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 Page0261-a+ 81 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. —Kriyā-kara, as, m. one who per- forms an action, a student. —Kriyā-kartṛ, tā, m. the doer of an action, an agent. —Kriyā-kalāpa, as, m. title of a grammar; the great body of cere- monies enjoined in the Hindū laws, a number of actions of any kind; all the particulars or points of any business. —Kriyā-kāra, as, ī, am, one who does any act, an agent, a performer; ( as ), m. a beginner, a novice, a tyro, a student; an agreement. —Kriyā-kaumudī, f. title of a work by Govindā- nanda. —Kriyā-tantra, am, n. ‘a Tantra of action,’ one of the four classes of Tantras with Buddhists. —Kriyā-dveṣin, ī, iṇī, i, one who is averse to the part of a lawsuit or judicial trial called kriyā, i. e. to witnesses, documents, ordeals, &c. ( ī ), m. one of the five kinds of witnesses, he whose testi- mony is hurtful to the cause. —Kriyā-dvaita, am, n. efficient cause, as resigning all to God. —Kriyā- nibandha, title of a work. —Kriyā-nirdeśa, as, m. evidence. —Kriyānurūpa (°yā-an°), as, ā, am, conformable to the act, according to the action. —Kriyānvita (°yā-an°), as, ā, am, practising ritual observances. —Kriyā-paṭu, us, us, u, clever, dextrous. —Kriyā-patha, as or am, m. or n. (?), manner of medical treatment or application of reme- dies. —Kriyā-pada, am, n. a verb. —Kriyā-para, as, ā, am, attentive to or diligent in the performance of one's duties. —Kriyāpavarga (°yā-ap°), as, m. end of an affair, liberation from ceremonial acts. —Kriyā-pāda, as, m. the third division of a suit at law, witnesses, written documents and other proofs adduced by the complainants, the rejoinder of the plaintiff. —Kriyā-prasaṅga, as, m. course of pro- ceeding. —Kriyā-phala, am, n. result or conse- quence of acts. —Kriyābhyupagama (°yā-abh°), as, m. special compact or agreement. —Kriyām- budhi (°yā-am°), is, m. title of a work of Prāṇa- kṛṣṇa. —Kriyā-yoga, as, m. the connection with an action or verb; the employment of expedients or instruments; the practical form of the Yoga system of philosophy, devotion by due performance of the duties of every day life, active devotion. —Kriyāyoga- sāra, as, m. a section of the Padma-purāṇa. —Kriyā- lopa, as, m. discontinuance or loss of any of the essential ceremonies of the Hindū religion. —Kriyā- vat, ān, atī, at, one who performs an action, active, busy, engaged in a business, understanding business, fit for it, possessed of worldly knowledge; performing ceremonies in the right manner, celebrating religious rites. —Kriyā-vaśa, as, ā, am, subject to the in- fluence of acts; ( as ), m. necessity, necessary influence of acts done or to be done. —Kriyāvasanna (°yā- av°), as, ā, am, one who loses a lawsuit through the statements of the witnesses &c. —Kriyā-vācaka, as, ā, am, or kriyā-vācin, ī, inī, i, expressing an action (as a verbal noun). —Kriyā-vādin, ī, m. a plaintiff; one who states the arguments in a lawsuit. —Kriyā-vidhi, is, m. a rule of action; conduct of affairs, mode of performing any rite. —Kriyāvidhi- jña, as, ā, am, conversant with business, under- standing the ritual &c. —Kriyā-viśāla, am, n. title of the thirteenth of the fourteen Pūrvas or most ancient Jaina writings. —Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa, am, n. Page0261-b+ 78 that which defines an action more closely; an adverb. —Kriyā-śakti, is, f. capability to act; the power of action. —Kriyā-samabhihāra, as, m. repetition of any act, doing anything repeatedly. —Kriyā-sāra, as, m. title of a work. —Kriyā-sthānaka-vicāra, as, m. title of a Jaina work. —Kriyendriya (°yā- in°), as, m. an organ of action, as the hand, foot, voice, organ of generation and that of excretion; also called karmendriya, q. v. [ ID=16185 ]

### Study, Disquisition, Teaching, Knowledge, Art (7 definitions)
- disquisition  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > disquisition, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57994 ]
- study  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > study, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57995 ]
- Teaching or instruction  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 4 Teaching, instruction; क्रिया (kriyā) हि वस्तूपहिता प्रसीदति (kriyā hi vastūpahitā prasīdati) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 3. 29
- Possession of an art or knowledge  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 5 Possession of some art (as of singing, dancing &c.), knowledge; शिष्टा क्रिया (kriyā) कस्याचिदात्मसंस्था (śiṣṭā kriyā kasyācidātmasaṃsthā) Mālavikāgnimitra (Bombay) 1. 16
- Disquisition  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 20 Disquisition
- Study  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 21 Study
- imparting one's knowledge  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — संक्रातिः (saṃkrātiḥ) f. imparting (to others) one's knowledge; teaching; Mālavikāgnimitra (Bombay) 1. 19. ( pb )

### Personified Deity, Mythological Figure, Divine Epithet (6 definitions)
- Religious action, personified as a divine daughter and wife  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Religious Action (personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 2578; Harivaṃśa (Title) 12452; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title); or as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Kratu, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) ) [ ID=57991 ]
- daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 411-2 ] Kriyā 1, daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma. § 115 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 66, 2578. [ ID=5866 ]
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kriyā 2 = Śiva (1000 names 1 ). [ ID=5867 ]
- 1. A daughter of Kardama who married Kratu. 2. The mother of six thousand Valakhilyas.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 1-481 ] Kriyā (I) — a daughter of Kardama married to Kratu. Mother of 6,000 Vālakhilyas. Bhā. III. 24. 23; IV. 1. 39. [ ID=3783 ]
- A daughter of Daksha, wife of Dharma, and mother of Yoga, Manus, Naya, Danda, and Samaya.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Kriyā (II) — a daughter of Dakṣa, and a wife of Dharma; mother of Yoga and of Manus; 1 also of Naya, Daṇḍa (Dama- Br. P. ) and Samaya (Śama- Br. P. ), (Vinaya- Vi. P. ). 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IV. 1. 49 and 51; Br. IV. 1. 24.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. II. 9. 49, 60; Vā. 10. 25, 35; 55. 43; Vi. I. 7. 23 and 29.] [ ID=3784 ]
- the wife of Samanantara  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Kriyā (III) — the wife of Samanantara. Bhā. VI. 18. 4. [ ID=3785 ]

### Religious Rite, Ceremony, Worship (6 definitions)
- A religious rite, ceremony, or sacrifice.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a religious rite or ceremony, sacrificial act, sacrifice, Manu-smṛti (Title); Yājñavalkya (Author); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=57988 ]
- funeral rites performed immediately after death  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > with चरमा (caramā), ‘the last ceremony’, rites performed immediately after death, obsequies, purificatory rites (as ablution &c.), Mahābhārata (Title) iv, 834; Rāmāyaṇa (Title) vi, 96, 10 [ ID=57989 ]
- religious action or worship  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > religious action, worship, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) vii, 14, 39; Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad (Title) [ ID=57990 ]
- A purificatory or religious rite or ceremony  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 8 A purificatory rite, a religious rite or ceremony
- 1. The ceremony of offering oblations to deceased ancestors. 2. Obsequies.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 10 ( a ) The ceremony of offering oblations to the deceased ancestors ( श्राद्ध (śrāddha) ). ( b ) Obsequies
- Worship.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 11 Worship

### Grammatical Term (5 definitions)
- 1. Action expressed by a verb. 2. A verb.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in Gr. ) action (as the general idea expressed by any verb), verb, Kāśikā-vṛtti (Title) on Pāṇini (Author) i, 3, 1 &c. (according to later grammarians a verb is of two kinds, सकर्म - क्रिया (sakarma-kriyā), ‘active’, and अकर्म - क् (akarma-k) ° (°), ‘intransitive’) [ ID=57984 ]
- a noun of action  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a noun of action, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=57985 ]
- Action expressed by a verb  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 13 (In gram. ) Action, the general idea expressed by a verb
- A verb  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 18 A verb
- A noun of action  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 19 A noun of action

### Legal Context (Investigation, Proof, Agreement) (3 definitions)
- judicial investigation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > judicial investigation (by human means, as by witnesses, documents, &c., or by superhuman means, as by various ordeals) Comm. on Yājñavalkya (Author) [ ID=57992 ]
- Judicial investigation by human means or ordeals  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 16 (In law) Judicial investigation by human means (witnesses &c.) or by ordeals
- Burden of proof  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 17 Burden of proof; क्रिया (kriyā) स्याद्वादिनोर्द्वयोः; द्वयोरपि वादिनोः क्रिया (kriyā) प्राप्नोति (syādvādinordvayoḥ; dvayorapi vādinoḥ kriyā prāpnoti) V. May

### Means, Expedient, Instrument, Cause (3 definitions)
- means, expedient  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > means, expedient, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57996 ]
- Means or expedients  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 22 Means, expedients
- Instrument or implement.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 23 Instrument, implement

### Atonement, Expiation (2 definitions)
- atonement  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > atonement, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57993 ]
- An expiatory rite  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 9 An expiatory rite, expiation

### Literary Work, Composition (2 definitions)
- a literary work  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a literary work, Vikramorvaśī (Title) [ ID=57986 ]
- A literary work or composition.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 7 A literary work, composition; शृणुत मनोभिरवाहितैः क्रिया (kriyā) मिमां (śṛṇuta manobhiravāhitaiḥ kriyāmimāṃ) कालिदासस्य (kālidāsasya) Vikramorvaśīyam (Bombay) 1. 2; कालिदासरय कियायां कथं (kālidāsaraya kiyāyāṃ kathaṃ) परिषदो बहुमानः (pariṣado bahumānaḥ) Mālavikāgnimitra (Bombay) 1

### Medical Treatment, Cure (2 definitions)
- medical treatment, applying a remedy, or cure  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > medical treatment or practice, applying a remedy, cure (see सम - क्रिय - त्व (sama-kriya-tva) and विषम - क् (viṣama-k) ° (°) ), Suśruta (Title) [ ID=57987 ]
- Medical treatment, application of remedies, or cure  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 12 Medical treatment, application of remedies, cure; शीतक्रिया (kriyā) (śītakriyā) Mālavikāgnimitra (Bombay) 4 cold remedies

### Motion (Philosophical Concept) (2 definitions)
- Motion  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 14 Motion ( pb )
- motion as one of the seven categories of the Vaisheshikas  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रिया (kriyā) [Printed book page 0430-c ] क्रिया (kriyā) [ कृ भावे करणादौ वा श (kṛ bhāve karaṇādau vā śa) ] 15 Especially, motion as one of the seven categories of the Vaiśeṣikas; see कर्मन् (karman)

### Geographical Name (River) (1 definition)
- a river from the Riksha hills  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Kriyā (IV) — a R. from the Ṛkṣa hills. Br. II. 16. 29. [ ID=3786 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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