kṛṣṭí ayas, f. pl. (once only sg. [RV. iv, 42, 1]) men, races of men (sometimes with the epithet mā́nuṣīs [[i, 59, 5] and [vi, 18, 2]] or nā́huṣīs [[vi, 46, 7]] or mānavī́s [[AV. iii, 24, 3]]; cf. carṣaṇí; originally the word may have meant cultivated ground, then an inhabited land, next its inhabitants, and lastly any race of men; Indra and Agni have the N. rā́jā or pátiḥ kṛṣṭīnā́m; the term páñca kṛṣṭáyas, perhaps originally designating the five Āryan tribes of the Yadus, Turvaśas, Druhyus, Anus, and Pūrus, comprehends the whole human race, not only the Āryan tribes), [RV.]; [AV.]
kṛṣṭí (is), f. ploughing, cultivating the soil, [L.]
attracting, drawing, [L.]
‘harvest’, the consequences (karma-k°), [Naiṣ. vi, 100]
kṛṣṭí (is), m. a teacher, learned man or Paṇḍit, [Hariv. 3588]; [SkandaP.]