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Entry क्रोध

क्रोधkrodhaAnger, wrath; कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजा- यते Bg.2.62; so क्रोधान्धः, क्रोधानलः &c.
[क्रुध्-भावे घञ्]
1. Anger, wrath; कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजा- यते Bg.2.62; so क्रोधान्धः, क्रोधानलः etc.
2. (In Rhet.) Anger considered as the feeling which gives rise to theraudra sentiment.
3. Name of the mystic syllable हुम् or ह्रुम्.
4. (also क्रोधन) Name of the 59th year of the संवत्सर cycle.
Derived forms and compounds
- -धा Name of a daughter of Dakṣa.
- -इद्ध Adjective inflamed with anger, darting out fire; क्रोधेद्धैर्द्दष्टिपातै- र्मुहुरुपशमिता वह्नयोऽमी त्रयोऽपि Ratn.1.3.
- -उज्झित Adjective free from anger, composed, cool.
- -कृत् Adjective angry. (-Masculine) the Supreme Being.
- -ज Adjective proceeding from wrath (as the eight vices; पैशुन्यं साहसं द्रोह ईर्ष्यासूयार्थदूषणम् । वाग्दण्डजं च पारुष्यं क्रोधजोऽपि गणोष्टकः ॥ Ms.7.48).
- -मूर्च्छित Adjective overcome or infatuated with anger; ततो ज्ञातिवधं श्रुत्वा रावणः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः Rām.1.1.49.
- -तः a kind of perfume.
- -वश Adjective passionate, violent.
- -हन् Masculine an epithet of Viṣṇu.
In the Gita2·62 3·37 16·4 16·21 2·63 16·18 18·53

सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥

saṅgātsaṁjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho'bhijāyate. — In him whose mind dwells on the objects of sense with absorbing interest, attachment to them is formed; from attachment arises desire; from desire… 2·62
- क्रोधःkrodhaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun krodha (wrath).
- क्रोधात्‌krodhātablative singular of the masculine noun krodha (wrath).
- क्रोधम्krodhamaccusative singular of the masculine noun krodha (wrath).
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