Apte Dictionary

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Entry किरात

किरातkirātaN. of a degraded mountain tribe who live by hunting, a mountaineer; वैयाकरणकिरातादपशब्दमृगाः क्व यान्तु…
[किरं पर्यन्तभूमिं अतति गच्छतीति किरातः]
1. Name of a degraded mountain tribe who live by hunting, a mountaineer; वैयाकरणकिरातादपशब्दमृगाः क्व यान्तु संत्रस्ताः । यदि नटगणकचिकित्सकवैतालिकवदनकन्दरा न स्युः ॥ Subhāṣ.; Pt.1.17; पर्यन्ताश्रयिभिर्निजस्य सदृशं नाम्नः किरातैः कृतम् Ratn.2.3; Ku.1.6,15. जवार इति यद्राज्यं किरातानां पुरातनम् Parṇāl 1.39.
2. A savage, barbarian.
3. A dwarf.
4. A groom, a horseman.
5. Name of Śiva in the disguise of a Kirāta.
6. A species of fish; किरातो लुब्धके देववाहिनीमत्स्यभेदयोः Nm.
7. Name of a medicinal herb (Marâthî किराईत, चिराईत, भूनिंब) -ताः (Plural) Name of a country.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अर्जुनीयम् Name of a poem by Bhāravi (in which the combat of Arjuna with Śiva in the form of a Kirāta or mountaineer is poetically described.)-आशिन् Masculine an epithet of Garuḍa.
- -तिक्तः Name of a medicinal herb (Marâthî किराईत, चिराईत).
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