Krīta
Krīta, “bought”
Grammar: past participle of the root krī (to buy), used as a masculine noun: “bought”.
Meaning: a son brought into the family by paying a price (mūlya); one of the six kinds of sons who are sons in name only and do not inherit.
In the scriptures: Sanatkumāra asks Brahmā what a dāyāda (a son who inherits) is, and Pitāmaha smiles and answers. The first six kinds, aurasa, kshetraja, datta, kṛtrima, gūḍhotpanna and apaviddha, receive the ṛṇa (debt), the piṇḍa, the dhana (wealth), the kriyā (rites), the gotra-sāmya (sameness of gotra), the kula-vṛtti (family calling) and the pratishṭhā (standing). The other six, kānīna, sahoḍha, krīta, punarbhava, svayaṃdatta and pāraśava, do not receive these: they are sons in name only, not born of the kula and gotra. The krīta is the one brought by paying a price (mūlya) (Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 35).
Related terms: Dāyāda · Kṛtrima · Datta · Kānīna · Svayaṃdatta
Sources
- Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 35