As a deity name
Name 589 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / 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
[kṛ-katu ] 1 A sacrifice; 2 An epithet of Viṣṇu. 3 One of the ten Prajāpatis; 4 Intelligence, talent. 5 Power, ability. 6 Plan, design, purpose. 7 Resolution, determination. 8 Desi…
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M2 · same meaning "kratuḥ" is "kratu" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationDictionary citations
kratuḥ [kṛ-katu Uṇ. 1. 77] 1 A sacrifice; kratoraśeṣeṇa phalena yujyatāṃ R. 3. 65; śataṃ kratūnāmapavighnamāpa saḥ 3. 38; M. 1. 4; Ms. 7. 79. 2 An epithet of Viṣṇu. 3 One of the ten Prajāpatis; M. 1. 35. 4 Intelligence, talent. 5 Power, ability. 6 Plan, design, purpose. 7 Resolution, determination. 8 Desire, will. 9 Fitness, adequacy, efficiency. 10 Deliberation, consultation. 11 Inspiration. 12 Enlightenment. 13 Offering, worship. 14 An Aśvamedha sacrifice (these senses are mostly Vedic). 15 The month Āṣāḍha. 16 Excess of fondness or liking. 17 An organ. [cf. Gr. kratos; Zend khratu]. Comp. — uttamaḥ the rājasūya sacrifice. — karman n. a sacrificial ceremony. — druh, -dviṣ m. a demon, goblin. — dhvaṃsin m. an epithet of Śiva (who destroyed Dakṣa's sacrifice.) — patiḥ the performer of a (pb) sacrifice. — paśuḥ a sacrificial horse. — puruṣaḥ an epithet of Viṣṇu. — bhuj m. a god, deity. — rāj m. 1 the lord of sacrifices; yathāśvamedhaḥ kraturāṭ Ms. 9. 260. 2 the rājasūya sacrifice. — rājaḥ the rājasūya sacrifice.
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)
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