ā́-kṛti f. a constituent part, [RV. x, 85, 5] (cf. dvā́daśākṛti)
form, figure, shape, appearance, aspect, [KātyŚr.]; [ŚvetUp.]; [Mn.] &c.
a well-formed shape, [VarBṛS.]; [Mṛcch.]
kind, species, [Suśr.]
specimen, [RPrāt.]
a metre (consisting of four lines with twenty-two syllables each), [RPrāt.] &c.
(hence in arithm.) the number twenty-two
ā́-kṛti m. N. of a prince, [MBh. ii, 126] and [1165] (v.l. āṃ-kṛti).