क्रिया [ kriyā ] [ kriyā ] f. ( Lit. Pāṇ. 3-3 , 100) , doing , performing , performance , occupation with ( in comp.) , business , act , action , undertaking , activity , work , labour. Lit. KātyŚr. Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ.

  bodily action , exercise of the limbs Lit. L.

  ( in Gr.) action (as the general idea expressed by any verb) , verb Lit. Kāś. onLit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 1 ( according to later grammarians a verb is of two kinds , [sakarma-kriyā ] , " active " , and [ akarma-k ] , " intransitive " )

  a noun of action Lit. W.

  a literary work Lit. Vikr.

  medical treatment or practice , applying a remedy , cure (see [ sama-kriya-tva ]and [ viṣama-k ] ) Lit. Suśr.

  a religious rite or ceremony , sacrificial act , sacrifice Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh.

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

  religious action , worship Lit. BhP. vii , 14 , 39 Lit. RāmatUp.

  Religious Action (personified as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma Lit. MBh. i , 2578 Lit. Hariv. 12452 Lit. BhP. ; or as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Kratu Lit. BhP.)

  judicial investigation (by human means , as by witnesses , documents , , or by superhuman means , as by various ordeals) Comm. on Lit. Yājñ.

  atonement Lit. L.

  disquisition Lit. L.

  study Lit. L.

  means , expedient Lit. L.