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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. क्रूरkrūraa.Cruel, wicked, hard-hearted, pitiless; तस्याभिषेकसंभारं कल्पितं क्रूरनिश्चया R.12.4; Me.17; Ms.1.9; तानहं…

    [कृत-रक् धातोः क्रूः; Uṇ.2.21]

    1. Cruel, wicked, hard-hearted, pitiless; तस्याभिषेकसंभारं कल्पितं क्रूरनिश्चया R.12.4; Me.17; Ms.1.9; तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान् Bg.16. 19.
    2. Hard, rough.
    3. Formidable, terrible, fierce, ferocious, savage.
    4. Destructive, mischievous.
    5. Wounded, hurt.
    6. Bloody.
    7. Raw.
    8. Strong.
    9. Inauspicious (as opposed to सौम्य and अक्रूर; said of 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th signs of the zodiac which are supposed to have a malignant influence.)
    10. Hard, solid, hardened; Ś.2.4.
    11. Hot; disagreeable, sharp; Ms.2.33.
    12. Harsh, jarring; क्रूरक्वणत्कङ्कणानि Mv.1.35.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः, -रम् Boiled rice.

    • -रः

      1. A hawk.
      2. heron.
      3. An uneven sign of the zodiac.
      4. Name of a planet (Rāhu or Saturn).
      5. A kind of horse; तद्वद्वामाश्रयाः क्रूरः प्रकरोति धनक्षयम् Śālihotra 15.
    • -रम्

      1. A wound.
      2. Slaughter, cruelty.
      3. Any horrible deed.
      4. Any frightful appearance. -Indeclinable In a formidable manner; Mb.3.
    • -आकृति Adjective terrible in form (-तिः) epithet of Rāvaṇa.

    • -आचारः Adjective following cruel or savage practices; Ms.4.246.

    • -आत्मन् the planet Saturn.

    • -आशय

      1. Adjective
      2. containing fierce animals (as a river).
      3. of a cruel disposition.
    • -कर्मन्

      1. Neuter
      2. a bloody act.
      3. any hard labour. -Adjective doing a bloody act; अहं क्रूरकर्मा जात्या चाण्डालः K.
    • -कर्मकृत् Masculine a rapacious animal; Ms.12.58.

    • -कृत् Adjective fierce, cruel, unrelenting;

    • -कोष्ठ Adjective having costive bowels (unaffected by strong purgatives).

    • -गन्ध sulphur.

    • -चरित, -चेष्ठित Adjective cruel, ferocious.

    • -दृश्

      1. Adjective
      2. evil-eyed, having a malignant look; Ks.62.27.
      3. mischievous, villainous. (-Masculine) Name of Saturn; also of Mars.
    • -राविन् Masculine a raven -लोचनः an epithet of the planet Saturn.

    In the Gita16·19

    तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् ।

    tānahaṁ dviṣataḥ krūrānsaṁsāreṣu narādhamān, — These proud haters (of good and of God), evil, cruel, vilest among men in the world, I cast down continually into more and more Asuric births. 16·19
    • क्रूरान्‌krūrānaccusative plural of the masculine form of the adjective krūra (cruel).
  2. अक्रूरakrūraa.Not cruel.

    [न. त.]

    Not cruel.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः Name of a Yādava, a friend and uncle of Kṛiṣṇa. [It was he who induced Balarāma and Kṛiṣṇa to go to Mathurā and kill Kaṁsa. He told the two brothers how their father Ānakadundubhi, the princess Devakī and even his own father Ugrasena had been insulted by the iniquitous demon Kaṁsa, and told them why he had been despatched to them. Kṛiṣṇa consented to go and promised to slay the demon within 3 nights, which he succeeded in doing.]

  3. अतिक्रूरatikrūraa.Very cruel.

    Very cruel.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः

      1. प्रा. स.
      2. A malignant planet such as Saturn, Mars etc. (क्रूरा वक्रा अतिक्रूराः).
      3. Name of a Mantra in Tantras त्रिंशदक्षरको मन्त्रस्त्रयस्त्रिंशदथापि वा । अतिक्रूरः स विज्ञेयो निन्दितः सर्वकर्मसु).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. क्रूरkrūra[krû-rá] a. wounded; sore; cruel; for midable, terrible; ferocious; rough, hard; n. sore, wound; roughness…

    [krû-rá] adjective wounded; sore; cruel; for midable, terrible; ferocious; rough, hard; neuter sore, wound; roughness, cruelty: -karma krit, adjective *doing cruel deeds; masculine beast of prey; -karman, neuter horrible deed; hard task; adjective doing cruel deeds; -keshtita, (perfect passive participle) adjective acting cruelly; -tâ, feminine; also equal for cruelty.

  2. अक्रूरakrūra[a-krûra] a. not harsh, tender, gentle; -parivâra, a. having gentle attendants.

    [a-krûra] adjective not harsh, tender, gentle; -parivâra, adjective having gentle attendants.

  3. अतिक्रूरatikrūra[ati-krûra] a. very terrible.

    [ati-krûra] adjective very terrible.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. क्रूरkrūramf(/आ)n. (fr. क्रव्/इ-स् cf. स्थूर्/अ and स्थ्/अविर), wounded, hurt, sore S3Br.
    1. mf(/आ)neuter gender (from क्रव्/इ-स् confer, compare स्थूर्/अ and स्थ्/अविर), wounded, hurt, sore S3Br.
    2. mf(/आ)neuter gender "bloody, raw", cruel, fierce, ferocious, pitiless, harsh, formidable AV. TS. vi Mn. etc.
    3. mf(/आ)neuter gender inauspicious (as opposed to सौम्य and अ-क्रूर, said of the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh signs of the zodiac, which are supposed to have a malignant influence Jyot.; said of planets VarBr2S.)
    4. mf(/आ)neuter gender hard, solid Sus3r. S3ak. Pan5cat.
    5. mf(/आ)neuter gender strong (as a bow, opposed to मन्द) Na1r.
    6. mf(/आ)neuter gender hot, sharp, disagreeable Lexicographers
    7. mn. boiled rice (confer, compare कूर) Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender a hawk Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender a heron Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender red oleander (Equivalent to रक्त-करवीर) Lexicographers
    11. neuter gender a wound, sore AV. VS. TS. S3Br.
    12. masculine gender blood-shedding, slaughter, cruelty, any horrible deed, harshness AV. AitBr. i, 26 Mn. i, 29 etc.
    13. masculine gender any frightful apparition AdbhBr.
    14. masculine gender a kind of house Gal.
  2. अक्रूरakrūramfn. not cruel, gentle
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not cruel, gentle
    2. masculine gender Name of Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण 's paternal uncle MBh.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not impotent, manly, Bcar.
  3. क्रूरकर्मकृत्krūrakarmakṛtmfn. perpetrating cruel actions W.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective perpetrating cruel actions W.
    2. masculine gender a rapacious animal Mn. xii, 58.
  4. क्रूरकर्मन्krūrakarmann. a bloody or terrible deed S3Br. v Sus3r.
    1. neuter gender a bloody or terrible deed S3Br. v Sus3r.
    2. neuter gender any hard or difficult labour S3ak. (varia lectio)
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective performing bloody or terrible deeds, fierce, cruel, unrelenting MBh. iii, 13253 R. Pan5cat. Vet.
    4. masculine gender Name of a plant (Equivalent to कटु-तुम्बिनी) Lexicographers