क्रतु

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *krátuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krátuš, from Proto-Indo-European *krétus, from *kret- (“insight, intelligence”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎‎‎ (xratu‎), Old English heard (“hard”) (whence English hard).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɽɐ́.t̪u/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɽɐ.t̪u/

क्रतु • (krátu) m

1. intelligence, understanding, enlightenment
2. a plan, idea
3. power, might, ability
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.42.7:

     अति नः सश्चतो नय सुगा नः सुपथा कृणु।
     पूषन्निह क्रतुं विदः॥

     ati naḥ saścato naya sugā naḥ supathā kṛṇu.
     pūṣanniha kratuṃ vidaḥ.

     Past all pursuers lead us, make pleasant our path and fair to tread:
     O Pūṣan, find thou power for this.

• Monier Williams (1899), “क्रतु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 319/1.