kriyA [ kf BAve karaRAdO vA Sa ] 1 Doing, execution, performance, accomplishment; upacAra°, Darma°; pratyuktaM hi praRayizu satABIpsitArTakriyEva Me. 114. 2 An action, act, business, undertaking; praRayikriyA V. 4. 15 ; Ms. 2. 4. 3 Activity, bodily action, labour. 4 Teaching, instruction; kriyA hi vastUpahitA prasIdati R. 3. 29. 5 Possession of some art (as of singing, dancing &c.), knowledge; SizwA kriyA kasyAcidAtmasaMsTA M. 1. 16. 6 Practice ( opp. SAstra theory). 7 A literary work, composition; SfRuta manoBiravAhitEH kriyAmimAM kAlidAsasya V. 1. 2 ; kAlidAsaraya kiyAyAM kaTaM parizado bahumAnaH M. 1. 8 A purificatory rite, a religious rite or ceremony. 9 An expiatory rite, expiation. 10 ( a ) The ceremony of offering oblations to the deceased ancestors ( SrAdDa ). ( b ) Obsequies. 11 Worship. 12 Medical treatment, application of remedies, cure; SItakriyA M. 4 cold remedies. 13 (In gram. ) Action, the general idea expressed by a verb. 14 Motion ( pb ) 15 Especially, motion as one of the seven categories of the Vaiśeṣikas; see karman . 16 (In law) Judicial investigation by human means (witnesses &c.) or by ordeals. 17 Burden of proof; kriyA syAdvAdinordvayoH; dvayorapi vAdinoH kriyA prApnoti V. May. 18 A verb. 19 A noun of action. 20 Disquisition. 21 Study. 22 Means, expedients, 23 Instrument, implement. Comp. — anvita a. practising ritual observances. — apavargaH 1 completion or termination of an affair, execution of a task, kriyApavargezvanujIvisAt kftAH Ki. 1. 14. 2 liberation from ceremonial acts, absolution. — aByupagamaH a special agreement; kriyAByupagamAttvetat bIjArTaM yatpradIyate Ms. 9. 53. — avasanna a. one who loses a law-suit through the statements of the witnesses &c. — iMdriyaM see karmeMdriya . — kalApaH the whole body of ceremonies enjoined in the Hindu religious law. 2 all the particulars or points of any business. — kAraH 1 an agent, worker. 2 a beginner, tyro, a fresh student. 3 an agreement. — dvezin m. a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the cause (one of the five kinds of witnesses). — dvEtaM efficient cause. — nirdeSaH evidence. — pawuM a. dexterous. — paTaH mode of medical treatment. — padaM a verb. — para a. diligent in the performance of one's duty. — pAdaH the third division of a legal plaint; that is, witnesses, documents and other proofs adduced by the plaintiff or complainant. — yogaH 1 connection with the verb. 2 the employment of expedients or means. 3 active devotion. — lopaH omission or discontinuance of any of the essential ceremonies of the Hindu religion; kriyAlopAt vfzalatvaM gatAH Ms. 10. 43. — vaSaH necessary influence of acts done. — vAcaka, -vAcin a. expressing any action, as a verbal noun. — vAdin m. a plaintiff, complainant. — viDiH a rule of action, manner of any rite; Ms. 9. 220. — viSezaRaM 1 an adverb. 2 a predicative adjective. — SaktiH f. the power of god (in creating this world) — saMkrAtiH f. imparting (to others) one's knowledge; teaching; M. 1. 19. ( pb ) — samaBihAraH the repetition of any act Śi. 2. 43.