As a deity name
Name 239 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 544 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 167 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 932 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a spell, charm, and
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kartre" is the locative of "kartra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kartre" is the dative of "kartṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kartre" is the dative of "karttṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kartra n. a spell, charm, AV. x, 1, 19 and 32.
kartra r. 10th cl. (kartrayati) To unloose, to remove: see kartta.
kartṛ mfn. one who makes or does or acts or effects, a doer, maker, agent, author (with gen. or acc. or ifc. cf. bhaya-kartṛ, &c.), RV.; AV. &c., MBh.; Mn. &c.
doing any particular action or business, applying one's self to any occupation (the business or occupation preceding in the compound, cf. suvarṇa-kartṛ, rājya-k˚, &c.)
1. karttṛ mfn. one who cuts off
one who extinguishes, a destroyer, Vīrac.
Caveats
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