क्रीतक

{ krītaka }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

क्रीतक  mfn.  mfn. bought from his natural parents (and adopted as male issue), [Mn. ix, 174]; [Pravar.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

क्रीतक [krītaka] a.  a. Got by purchase.
-कः   A son bought from his parents and adopted; क्रीणीयाद्यस्त्वपत्यार्थं मातापित्रोर्यम- न्तिकात् । स क्रीतकः सुतस्तस्य सदृशोऽसदृशोऽपि वा ॥ [Ms.9.174;] cf. क्रीत abvove.

Shabda-Sagara

क्रीतक  m.  ( -कः) A son bought from his natural parents, and adopted as male issue; also क्रीत and क्रीतपुत्त्रः see the preceding.