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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कृपणkṛpaṇaa.Poor, pitiable, wretched, helpless; राजन्नपत्यं रामस्ते पाल्याश्च कृपणाः प्रजाः U.4.25; व्रजतु च कृपा क्वाद्य…

    [कृप्-क्युन् न लत्वम्]

    1. Poor, pitiable, wretched, helpless; राजन्नपत्यं रामस्ते पाल्याश्च कृपणाः प्रजाः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4.25; व्रजतु च कृपा क्वाद्य कृपणा Nāg.5.3; Rām.2.32.28.
    2. Void of judgement, unable or unwilling to discriminate or to do a thing; कामार्ता हि प्रकृतिकृपणाश्चेतनाचेतनेषु Me.5; so जराजीर्णैश्वर्यग्रसनगहनाक्षेपकृपणः Bh.3.17.
    3. Low, mean, vile; कृपणाः फलहेतवः Bg.2.49; Mu.2.18; Bh.2.49.
    4. Miserly, stingy.
    5. Avaricious.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -णम् Wretchedness; कुत्साय शुष्णं कृपेण परादात् Rv.1.99.9; Ms.4.185.

    • -णः

      1. A worm.
      2. A miser; कृपणेन समो दाता भुवि कोऽपि न विद्यते । अनश्नन्नेव वित्तानि यः परेभ्यः प्रयच्छति Vyāsa.

    • -धी, -बुद्धि Adjective little or low-minded.

    • -वत्सल Adjective kind to the poor.

    In the Gita2·49

    बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥

    buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ. — Works are far inferior to Yoga of the intelligence, O Dhananjaya; desire rather refuge in the intelligence; poor and wretched souls are they who make… 2·49
    • कृपणाःkṛpaṇāḥnominative plural of the masculine form of the adjective kṛpaṇa (a poor and wretched soul).
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  2. अकृपणakṛpaṇaa.Not wretched, not miserly.

    [न. त.]

    Not wretched, not miserly.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कृपणkṛpaṇa[krip-aná] a. doleful; miserable, wretch ed; avaricious: -m, ad. dolefully, pitifully; m. miser; -ána, n.…

    [krip-aná] adjective doleful; miserable, wretch ed; avaricious: -m, adverb, -ial, -ially dolefully, pitifully; masculine miser; -ána, neuter misery, wretchedness; -varna, adjective looking wretched.

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  2. अकृपणakṛpaṇa[a-kripana] a. generous; uncomplaining, cheerful.

    [a-kripana] adjective generous; uncomplaining, cheerful.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कृपणkṛpaṇamf(/आ; ई g. बह्व्-आदि)n. (gan2as गण s श्रेण्यादि and सुखा*दि Pa1n2. 8-2, 18 Pat.) inclined to grieve…
    1. mf(/आ; ई gaRa बह्व्-आदि)neuter gender (gan2as गण s श्रेण्यादि and सुखा*दि Pa1n2. 8-2, 18 Pat.) inclined to grieve, pitiable, miserable, poor, wretched, feeble S3Br. xi, xiv MBh. etc.
    2. mf(/आ; ई gaRa बह्व्-आदि)neuter gender resulting from tears AV. xi, 8, 28
    3. mf(/आ; ई gaRa बह्व्-आदि)neuter gender low, vile W.
    4. mf(/आ; ई gaRa बह्व्-आदि)neuter gender miserly, stingy Pan5cat. Hit.
    5. masculine gender a poor man VarBr2S.
    6. masculine gender a scraper, niggard Pan5cat. S3a1rn3gP.
    7. masculine gender a worm Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender Name of a man VP.
    9. neuter gender wretchedness, misery fg-veda x, 99, 9 AitBr. vii, 13 S3a1n3khS3r. Mn. iv, 185 etc.
    10. masculine gender (स-कृपणम्, "miserably, pitiably"), S3a1ntis3. (confer, compare कार्पण्य .)
    11. Nominal verb Atmane-pada (3. plural कृप्/अणन्त) to long for, desire fg-veda x, 74, 3.
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  2. अकृपणakṛpaṇamfn. not miserly.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not miserly.

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  3. कृपणकाशिन्kṛpaṇakāśinmfn. looking suppliantly or desirous TS. iii, 4, 7, 3.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective looking suppliantly or desirous TS. iii, 4, 7, 3.

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  4. कृपणत्वkṛpaṇatvan. misery, wretchedness MBh. ii, 1361.

    neuter gender misery, wretchedness MBh. ii, 1361.

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  5. कृपणधीkṛpaṇadhīmfn. little-minded W.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective little-minded W.

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  6. कृपणनिन्दाkṛpaṇanindāf. "censure of the miser", N. of a chapter of S3a1rn3gP.

    feminine "censure of the miser", Name of a chapter of S3a1rn3gP.

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