Kriya-Action, doing, rites, ceremony


pūjā nāma na puṣpādyair yā matiḥ kriyate dṛḍhā |
nirvikalpe mahāvyomni sā pūjā hy ādarāl layaḥ || 147 ||


kriyā
kriyā [p= 320,3] [L=57982]
( Pa1n2. 3-3 , 100) , doing , performing , performance , occupation with (in comp.) , business , act , action , undertaking , activity , work , labour. Ka1tyS3r. Mn. Ya1jn5. &c

L.

Gr.) action (as the general idea expressed by any verb) , verb Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 1-3 , 1 &c (according to later grammarians a verb is of two kinds , sakarma-kriyā , " active " , and akarma-k° , " intransitive ")

W.

Vikr.

» sama-kriya-tva and viama-k°) Sus3r.

Mn. Ya1jn5. MBh. &c

caramā , " the last ceremony " , rites performed immediately after death , obsequies , purificatory rites (as ablution &c ) MBh. iv , 834 R. vi , 96 , 10

BhP. vii , 14 , 39 Ra1matUp.

daka and wife of dharma MBh. i , 2578 Hariv. 12452 BhP. ; or as a daughter of kardama and wife of kratu BhP. )

&c , or by superhuman means , as by various ordeals) Comm. on Ya1jn5.

L.

L.

L.

L.
(H2) f.
[L=57983]bodily action , exercise of the limbs
[L=57984](in
[L=57985]a noun of action
[L=57986]a literary work
[L=57987]medical treatment or practice , applying a remedy , cure (
[L=57988]a religious rite or ceremony , sacrificial act , sacrifice
[L=57989]with
[L=57990]religious action , worship
[L=57991]Religious Action (personified as a daughter of
[L=57992]judicial investigation (by human means , as by witnesses , documents ,
[L=57993]atonement
[L=57994]disquisition
[L=57995]study
[L=57996]means , expedient
 kriyākara
kriyā--kara [L=57997]
one who performs an action W.

W.
(H3) m.
[L=57998]a student
 kriyākart
kriyā--kart [L=57999]
a doer of an action , agent W.
(H3) m.
 kriyātantra
kriyā--tantra [p= 321,1] [L=58012]
" a tantra of action " , one of the four classes of Tantras. Buddh.
(H3) n.