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कृष्टि f. f. pl. (once only sg. [RV. iv, 42, 1] ) men, races of men (sometimes with the epithet मा॑नुषीस् [ i, 59, 5 and vi, 18, 2] or ना॑हुषीस् [ vi, 46, 7] or मानवी॑स् [ [AV. iii, 24, 3] ]; cf. चर्षणि॑; originally the word may have meant cultivated ground, then an inhabited land, next its inhabitants, and lastly any race of men; इन्द्र and अग्नि have the N. रा॑जा or प॑तिः कृष्टीना॑म्; the term प॑ञ्च कृष्ट॑यस्, perhaps originally designating the five Āryan tribes of the यदुs, तुर्वशs, द्रुह्युs, अनुs, and पूरुs, comprehends the whole human race, not only the Āryan tribes), [RV.] ; [AV.] कृष्टि f. f. ploughing, cultivating the soil, [L.] attracting, drawing, [L.] कर्म-क्° ‘harvest’, the consequences (), [Naiṣ. vi, 100] कृष्टि m. m. a teacher, learned man or Paṇḍit, [Hariv. 3588] ; [SkandaP.]
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