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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for किरात

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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).

    Source: Apte

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
    Source: Monier-Williams

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).

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · किरात

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