Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. [kṛ-ktin] 1 Doing, ma- nufacturing, making, performing.
2 Action, deed.
3 Creation, work, composition; (tau) svakṛtiṃ gāpayāmāsa kaviprathamapaddhatiṃ R. 15. 33, 64, 69; N. 22. 155.
4 Magic, enchantment.
5 Injuring, killing.
6 The num- ber ‘20’
7 An enchantress, a witch.
8 A knife.
9 Way-laying; hurting, injuring (Ved.). Comp. karaḥ an epithet of Rāvaṇa.