Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

krūra क्रूर – cruel

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

krūrá ·a. bloody, raw, sore; cruel, harsh, dreadful. n. a wound or sore; bloodshedding, slaughter; cruelty, harshness.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

krūra krūra, as, ā, am (related to kravis, kra- vya), wounded, hurt, sore; bloody; raw; cruel, fierce, ferocious, hard-hearted; pitiless; hard, harsh, rough; formidable, terrible; inauspicious (opposed to saumya and a-krūra, and epithet of the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh signs of the zodiac, which are supposed to have a malignant influence); mis- chievous, destructive; hard, solid; strong (as a bow, opposed to manda); hot, sharp, disagreeable; (am), ind. in a formidable manner; (as, am), m. n. boiled rice; (as), m. a hawk; a heron; two plants, red oleander, = rakta-karavīra, and another plant, = bhū- tāṅkuśa; (ā), f., N. of a plant, = rakta-punarnavā; (am), n. a wound, a sore; blood-shedding, slaughter, cruelty, any horrible deed; any frightful apparition.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

krūrá Uṇ. 2,22. 1〉 adj. f. ā a〉 wund, saucius: yatra vā asyai khanantaḥ krūrīkurvanti ŚAT. BR. 1,2,4,16. ŚAT. BR. 3,3,1,7. ŚAT. BR. 3,6,1,19. krūrī vā etatkurvanti yatsaṃjñapayanti ŚAT. BR. 8,2,30. ŚAT. BR. 8,3,10. ŚAT. BR. 13,3,6,6. — b〉 blutig, grausam; roh, hart; gräulich, furchtbar, schrecklich; = nṛśaṃsa, ghātuka, pāpa, nirdaya, bhīṣaṇa, ghora, kṣudra AK. 3,1,47. AK. 3,4,25,193. AK. 3,1,179. TRIK. 3,3,335. H. 376. H. an. 2,405. MED. r. 19. ru̱dro vai krū̱ro de̱vānā̀m TS. 6,1,7,7. TS. 6,2,3,2. TS. 6,1,5,2. von Menschen, Dämonen und Thieren M. 4,212. M. 9,225. HIḌ. 1,17. HIḌ. 2,2. R. 2,74,10. PAÑCAT. 151,4. PAÑCAT. III, 25. ŚĀK. 136. BHĀG. P. 9,14,37. DHŪRTAS. 77,4. kṛtānta MEGH. 103. krūraceṣṭita PAÑCAT. I, 73. krūrācāra M. 4,246. krūrācāravihāravant M. 10,9. krūramānasa SUND. 1,3. ˚buddhi HIḌ. 4,31. ˚niścaya RAGH. 12,4. vacaḥ krūram DAŚ. 1,35. DAŚ. 2,19. strīṇāṃ sukhodyamakrūram (nāmadheyaṃ syāt) M. 2,33. gho̱raiḥ krū̱raiḥ prai̱paiḥ AV. 16,7,2. krodha R. 1,64,3. krūrasvara (gomāyu) R. 3,64,2. krūramapriyadarśanam (vaktram) PAÑCAT. III, 75. tvāṃ krūradṛṣṭyā vilokayiṣyati PAÑCAT. 64,16. krūra furchtbar oder ungünstig (Gegens. saumya und akrūra) heisst das 1ste, 3te, 5te, 7te, 9te und 11te Zodiakalbild DĪP._im_ŚKDR. Ind. St. 2,257. Ind. St. 2,278. krūram auf eine schreckliche Weise: mṛgā dvijāḥ krūramime vadanti MBH. 3,15669. — c〉 hart AK. 3,2,25. AK. 3,4,25,193. TRIK. H. 1386. H. an. MED. tatra mṛduḥ krūro madhya iti trividhaḥ koṣṭho bhavati (vgl. krūrakoṣṭha) SUŚR. 2,187,1. anavaratadhanurjyāsphālanakrūrapūrva (gātra) ŚĀK. 37. — d〉 stark, von einem Bogen (Gegens. manda) NĀRADA_in_Z. d. d. m. G. 9,672. — e〉 heiss (uṣṇa) H. an. — 2〉 m.n. gekochter Reis TRIK. 2,9,15. H. 395. — 3〉 m. a〉 Falke. — b〉 Reiher. — c〉 N. zweier Pflanzen, rother Oleander (raktakaravīra) und = bhūtāṅkuśa RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 4〉 f. ā N. einer Pflanze (raktapunarnavā) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 5〉 n. (vgl. 2) SIDDH. K. 249,b,1. a〉 wunde Stelle, Wunde: krū̱ramìva̱ vā àsyā (pṛthivyāḥ) e̱tatkàroti̱ yatkhanàtya̱pa upàsṛja̱tyāpo̱ vai śā̱ntāḥ śā̱ntābhìre̱vāsyai̱ śucàṃ śamayati TS. 5,1,5,1. TS. 2,6,4,3. TS. 3,4,8,5. TS. 6,3,9,4. yadvai ya̱jñasyà krū̱raṃ yadvilìṣṭam TS. 1,7,3,1. TS. 6,2,7,5. yattè krū̱raṃ yadāsthìta̱ṃ tatta̱ ā pyā̀yatām VS. 6,15. pu̱rā krū̱rasyà vi̱sṛpàḥ VS. 1,28. ŚAT. BR. 1,2,5,19. ŚAT. BR. 5,4,3,12. na̱hi tè agne ta̱nvàḥ krū̱ramā̱naṃśa̱ martyàḥ AV. 6,49,1. — b〉 Blutvergiessen, Grausamkeit, Gräuel, Gräuelthat: krū̱ramàsyā ā̱śasam AV. 5,19,5. yasyà krū̱ramasàcanta du̱ṣkṛtàḥ AV. 19,56,5. neben ghora AV. 12,5,14. AV. 18,4,83. AV. 19,9,14. krūramiva vā etatsomasya rājño 'nte caranti yadasya ghṛtenānte caranti ghṛtena hi vajreṇendro vṛtramahan sie machen sich in Somaʼs Nähe gleichsam mit einer Blutthat zu schaffen, wenn sie sich dort mit Ghṛta zu schaffen machen, denn mit Ghṛta als einem Donnerkeil erschlug Indra den Vṛtra AIT. BR. 1,26. mṛdukrūre du. M. 1. M. 29. bhrātṛvacaḥ — krūropasaṃhitam HIḌ. 2,20. grauenhafte Erscheinung: krūrāṇi (Sch.: = piśācādidarśanādīni) ADBH. BR._in_Ind. St. 1,40. — Das Wort steht ohne Zweifel, wie schon LASSEN vermuthet hat, mit kravis und kravya in Verbindung.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

krūra 1〉b〉 von Planeten VARĀH. BṚH. S. 8,19. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 14,32. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 40,9. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 41,10. Ind. St. 10,200. welche Nakṣatra so heissen WEBER, JYOT. 95. — c〉 gāṇḍīvasphuraguṇāsphālanakrūrapāṇi Spr. 2396. — 5〉b〉 füge Rohheit hinzu. ˚samāhitā (Gegens. mṛduprauḍhā) śrīḥ Spr. 4288. — c〉 v. l. für kūra HALĀY. 2,124. — Zur Zusammenstellung von krūra mit kravis, kravya vgl. crudus, crudelis, cruor.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

krūrá — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā́) — a〉 wund, saucius. — b〉 blutig, grausam; roh, hart; greulich, furchtbar, schrecklich. Auch als Bez. bestimmter Zodiakalbilder, Planeten und Mondhäuser. kūram Adv. auf eine schreckliche Weise. — c〉 hart (anzufühlen). — d〉 stark (von einem Bogen). — e〉 *heiss. — 2〉 *m. n. gekochter Reis. Vgl. kūra — 3〉 *m. — a〉 Falke RĀJAN. 19,85. — b〉 Reiher RĀJAN. 19,87. — c〉 rother Oleander und = bhūtāṅkuśa RĀJAN. 10,14. 9,155. — 4〉 *f. ā eine roth blühende Punarnavā RĀJAN. 5,115. — 5〉 n. — a〉 wunde Stelle, Wunde. — b〉 Blutvergiessen, Grausamkeit, Gräuel, Gräuelthat, Rohheit, Härte. — c〉 grauenhafte Erscheinung. — d〉 *eine Art Haus GAL.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

krūra a. [kṛta-rak dhātoḥ krūḥ cf. Uṇ. 2. 21] 1 Cruel, wicked, hard-hearted, pitiless; tasyābhiṣekasaṃbhāraṃ kalpitaṃ krūraniścayā R. 12. 4; Me. 105; Ms. 10. 9. 2 Hard, rough. 3 Formidable, terrible, fierce, ferocious, savage. 4 Destructive, mischievous. 5 Wounded, hurt. 6 Bloody. 7 Raw. 8 Strong. 9 Inauspicious. 10 Hard, solid, hardened; Ś. 2. 4. 11 Hot; disagreeable, sharp; Ms. 2. 33. — raḥ, -raṃ Boiled rice. — raḥ 1 A hawk. 2 A heron. 3 An uneven sign of the zodiac. 4 N. of a planet (Rāhu or Saturn). — raṃ 1 A wound. 2 Slaughter, cruelty. 3 Any horrible deed. 4 Any frightful appearance. Comp. — ākṛti a. terrible in form. — (tiḥ) epithet of Rāvaṇa. — ācāra a. following cruel or savage practices. — āśaya a. 1 containing fierce animals (as a river). 2 of a cruel disposition. — karman n. 1 a bloody act. 2 any hard labour. — kṛt a. fierce, cruel, unrelenting. — koṣṭha a. having costive bowels (unaffected by strong purgatives). — gaṃdhaḥ sulphur. — dṛś a. 1 evil-eyed, having a malignant look. 2 mischievous, villainous. ( — m.) N. of Saturn; also of Mars. — rāvin m. a raven. — locanaḥ an ([Page 0432-c]) epithet of the planet Saturn.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

krūra wund, blutig, roh, hart, grausam, furchtbar; n. Wunde, Rohheit, Grausamkeit.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

krūra krūra a. âpre, acerbe, vert, non à maturité [en parlant d'un fruit]. Au fig. cruel; terrible; malfaisant. Gr. ϰραῦρος; lat. crudus, crudelis. krūradṛś a. (dṛś) terrible, méchant. — S. m. la planète de Saturne. krūrabuddhi a. qui a l'esprit tourné au mal. krūramānasa a. (manas) qui a l'âme cruelle. [Page193-1] krūralocana a. qui a l'aspect effrayant. — S. m. la planète de Saturne. krūrākṛti m. (ā; kṛ) surn. de Rāvaṇa. krūropasaṃhita a. (upa; sam; dhā) doué de cruauté.

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