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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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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  2. किङ्किरातkiṅkirāta1 A parrot.
    1. 1 A parrot.
    2. The (Indian) cuckoo.
    3. Cupid.
    4. The Aśoka tree.
    5. A species of amaranth; हेमालङ्कारभाभिर्भरनमितशिखैः शेखरैः कैङ्किरातैः Ratn.1.1.
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  3. किरातकkirātakaतिकः [tikḥ], तिकः 1 The bitter gentianaceae (Mar. चिराईत).
    1. तिकः tikḥ, तिकः 1 The bitter gentianaceae (Marâthî चिराईत).
    2. A man of the Kirāta tribe.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. किरातkirāta[kírâta] m. pl. N. of a barbarous moun- tain tribe of hunters; sg. man or king of the Kirâtas: î, f. Kirâta…

    [kírâta] masculine plural noun of a barbarous moun- tain tribe of hunters; singular man or king of the Kirâtas: î, feminine; also equal for Kirâta woman; - ͜ argunîya, neuter Arguna's combat with Siva disguised as a Ki râta: title of a poem by Bhâravi (6th cent. adjective dative).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. किरातkirātam. pl. N. of a degraded mountain-tribe (inhabiting woods and mountains and living by hunting, having become…
    1. masculine gender plural Name of a degraded mountain-tribe (inhabiting woods and mountains and living by hunting, having become S3u1dras शूद्र s by their neglect of all prescribed religious rites; also regarded as Mlecchas म्लेच्छ s; the Kirrhadae of Arrian) VS. xxx, 16 Ta1n2d2yaBr. Mn. x, 44 MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender a man of the Kira1ta किरात tribe
    3. masculine gender a prince of the Kira1tas किरात s VarBr2S. xi, 60
    4. masculine gender a dwarf. Lexicographers (confer, compare कुब्ज-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    5. masculine gender a groom, horseman Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender the plant Agathotes Chirayta (also called किरात-तिक्त) Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव (as a mountaineer opposed to Arjuna अर्जुन, described in Bha1ravi भारवि 's poem Kira1ta7rjuni1ya किराता*र्जुनीय)
    8. masculine gender a low-caste woman who carries a fly-flap or anything to keep off flies Ragh. xvi, 57
    9. masculine gender a bawd, procuress Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender Name of the goddess Durga1 दुर्गा Hariv. 10248
    11. masculine gender of the river Gan3ga1 गङ्गा Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender of the celestial Gan3ga1 गङ्गा as river of Svarga स्वर्ग Lexicographers
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  2. अम्बुकिरातambukirātam. the short-nosed alligator L.

    masculine gender the short-nosed alligator Lexicographers

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  3. किंकिरातkiṃkirātasee s.v. किङ्किर .

    see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order किङ्किर .

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  4. किङ्किरातkiṅkirātam. (or किं-क्˚; g. किंशुका*दि) a parrot L.
    1. masculine gender (or किं-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied; gaRa किंशुका*दि) a parrot Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender the Indian cuckoo
    3. masculine gender the god of love Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender Jonesia As3oka अशोक Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender red or yellow amaranth Ka1d.
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  5. किरातकkirātakam. ifc. a man of the mountain-tribe of the Kira1tas किरात s
    1. masculine gender in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' a man of the mountain-tribe of the Kira1tas किरात s
    2. masculine gender Agathotes Chirayta Lexicographers
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  6. किरातकुलkirātakulamf(ई)n. belonging to the Kira1ta किरात tribe Ta1n2d2yaBr.
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender belonging to the Kira1ta किरात tribe Ta1n2d2yaBr.
    2. mf(ई)neuter gender (see किलात .)
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