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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ākrand (आक्रन्द्).—1 U.

1) To lament, weep, cry, cry out, creak; scream; तृणाग्रलग्नैस्तुहिनैः पतद्भिराक्रन्दतीचोषसि शीतकालः (tṛṇāgralagnaistuhinaiḥ patadbhirākrandatīcoṣasi śītakālaḥ) Rs.4.7; Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.5.

2) To shout, roar.

3) To invoke, call out to; आक्रन्दीद्भीमसेनं वै (ākrandīdbhīmasenaṃ vai) Mb. -Caus.

1) To cause to weep or cry.

2) To call out to; एह्येहीति शिखण्डिनां पटुतरैः केकाभिराक्रन्दितः (ehyehīti śikhaṇḍināṃ paṭutaraiḥ kekābhirākranditaḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 5.23.

3) To inspire courage by the sound of a drum; आक्रन्दय बलमोजो न आ धा (ākrandaya balamojo na ā dhā) Ṛgveda 6.47.3.

4) To shout or roar at; to cry incessantly. आक्रन्दय धनपते वरमामनसं कृणु (ākrandaya dhanapate varamāmanasaṃ kṛṇu) Av.2.36.6.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ākrand (आक्रन्द्).—call to, invoke, cry, lament. [Causative] the same; also cause to cry or lament.

Ākrand is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and krand (क्रन्द्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ākrand (आक्रन्द्):—[=ā-√krand] [Parasmaipada] -krandati ([Aorist] 3. [plural] ākrandiṣuḥ, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]) to shout out, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Mahābhārata iii, 11461];

—to invoke, call for help, [Kādambarī; Kathāsaritsāgara] :

—[Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] to cry with sorrow, lament, weep, [Mahābhārata iii, 2388; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.:

—[Causal] ([imperative] 2. sg. -krandaya) to inspire (courage) by its sound (as a drum), [Ṛg-veda vi, 47, 30];

— (p. -krandayat) to shout at, roar at, [Atharva-veda ii, 36, 6; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xvi, 19; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to cry without interruption, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] : to cause to lament or weep, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ākrand (आक्रन्द्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ākaṃda, Ṇihara, Ṇīhara.

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Krand, A.

Starts with: Akramdanadhvani, Akramdanamgey, Akramdatsvara, Akramdisu, Akranda, Akrandaka, Akrandamala, Akrandana, Akrandanem, Akrandaniya, Akrandika, Akrandin, Akrandita.

Ends with: Abhyavakrand, Avakrand, Prakrand, Sakrand, Samakrand.

Full-text: Nihara, Akrandana, Akrandin, Akranda, Akrandaniya, Samakrand, Akrandika, Akanda, Akrandita, Krandita.

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