As a deity name
Name 461 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 688 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 448 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
क्रतु · noun · masculine
निश्चय । संकल्प · इच्छा । अभिलाषा · विवेक । प्रज्ञा — Śabdasāgara
क्रतु · kratu · s.m.
Power, ability, intelligence — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 824
क्रतु · masculine
Kratu, one of the Saptarishi and Manasaputra of Lord Brahma; Dubhe
क्रतु · masculine
yajna, sacrifice, ritual; determination, resolve; wish, desire; intelligence
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi क्रतु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit क्रतु (kratu).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kratu m. (√ 1. kṛ, or 2. kṛ), plan, design, intention, resolution, determination, purpose, RV.; VS.; ŚBr.; BṛĀrUp.
desire, will (instr. kratvā, willingly, readily, RV.; ekena kratunā, through the mere will, RV. ii, 13, 11)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a sacrificial rite or ceremony, sacrifice (as the Aśva-medha sacrifice), offering, worship (also personified, ), &c.
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Dictionary citations
kratu m. (√ 1. kṛ, or 2. kṛ), plan, design, intention, resolution, determination, purpose, RV.; VS.; ŚBr.; BṛĀrUp.
desire, will (instr. kratvā, willingly, readily, RV.; ekena kratunā, through the mere will, RV. ii, 13, 11)
power, ability, RV.
deliberation, consultation, RV.; VS.
intelligence, understanding (e.g. bhadra kratu, right judgement, good understanding; also in conjunction or in comp. or ifc. with dakṣa See kratu-dakṣau and dakṣakratū), RV.; VS.; TS.; ŚBr.
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