a. [kṛtyā nirmitaṃ; cf. P. IV. 4. 20] 1 Artificial, fictitious, not spontaneous, acquired; ºmitraṃ, ºśatruḥ &c.; R. 13. 75; 14. 17.

2 Adopt- ed (as a child); see below. maḥ, ºputraḥ an artificial or adopted son; one of the 12 kinds of sons recog- nised by the Hindu law; he is a grown up son adopted without the consent of his natural parents; cf. kṛtrimaḥ syātsvayaṃ kṛtaḥ Y. 2. 131; cf. also Ms. 9. 169.

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