क्रय्य

• क्रेय (kreya) — Classical Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷróyh₂-yo-s (“purchasable”), from *kʷreyh₂- (“to buy”). The Sanskrit root is क्री (krī).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɾɐ́j.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾeː.jɐ/

क्रय्य • (kráyya) stem

1. purchasable; exhibited for sale
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 3.3.3.1:

     स वै राजानं पणते । स यद्राजानं पणते तस्मादिदं सकृत्सर्वं पण्यं स आह सोमविक्रयिन्क्रय्यस्ते सोमो राजा३ इति क्रय्य इत्याह सोमविक्रयी तं वै ते क्रीणानीति क्रीणीहीत्याह सोमविक्रयी कलया ते क्रीणानीति भूयो वा अतः सोमो राजार्हतीत्याह सोमविक्रयी भूय एवातः सोमो राजार्हति महांस्त्वेव गोर्महिमेत्यध्वर्युः

     sa vai rā́jānam paṇate. sa yadrā́jānam páṇate tásmādidáṃ sakṛtsárvam páṇyaṃ sá āha sómavikrayinkráyyaste sómo rājā3 íti kráyya ítyāha somavikrayī taṃ vaí te krīṇānī́ti krīṇīhī́tyāha somavikrayī́ kaláyā te krīṇānīti bhū́yo vā átaḥ sómo rā́jārhatī́tyāha somavikrayī bhū́ya evā́taḥ sómo rājā́rhati mahāṃstvèva górmahimétyadhvaryúḥ.

     He bargains for the Soma; and because he bargains for the Soma, therefore any and everything is exchangeable here. He says, "Soma-seller, is thy Soma for sale?"
     "It is for sale," says the Soma-seller.
     "I will buy it of thee!"
     "Buy it!", says the Soma-seller.
     "I will buy it of thee for one-sixteenth ."
     "Soma, surely, is worth more than that!", says the Soma-seller.
     "Yea, Soma is worth more than that; but great, surely, is the greatness of the cow," says the Adhvaryu.

In Classical Sanskrit, the term is written as क्रेय (kreya); this spelling is based on the Classical Sanskrit pronunciation of the term.

• Pali: keyya
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kĕjja)
  • Marathi: केजें (kejẽ, “grain or coconuts given in barter for vegetables”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्रय्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 321/2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “क्रय्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan