Name #448 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

क्रतुः Kratu — meaning in Hindi

Kratu (kratuḥ) is name #448 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Hindi (हिन्दी), the shloka it comes from in Devanagari, and the English meaning — from the full name page.

महान क्रतु (यज्ञ-विधि)

In English: The great rite

From shloka 48 · chapter Vāmana

यज्ञ इज्यो महेज्यश्च क्रतुः सत्रं सतां गतिः
सर्वदर्शी विमुक्तात्मा सर्वज्ञो ज्ञानमुत्तमम्
verse 48

Also in this shloka: yajñaḥ · ijyaḥ · mahejyaḥ · satram · satāṃ gatiḥ · sarvadarśī · vimuktātmā · sarvajñaḥ · jñānamuttamam

Kratu in other languages: Telugu · Tamil · Kannada · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English