Kratudruh, Kratu-druh: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kratudruh (क्रतुद्रुह्).—m.

1) a demon, goblin,

2) The epithet of Ravaṇa; ऋणाद् बद्ध इवोन्मुक्तो वियोगेन क्रतुद्विषः (ṛṇād baddha ivonmukto viyogena kratudviṣaḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.12.

Kratudruh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kratu and druh (द्रुह्). See also (synonyms): kratudviṣ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kratudruh (क्रतुद्रुह्).—m. (-druk or -drug-druṭ or druḍ) An Asur, a demon. E. kratu sacrifice, and druha who hates, affix kkip.

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

Kratudruh (क्रतुद्रुह्):—[=kratu-druh] [from kratu] ([nominative case] -dhruk) m. an enemy of sacrifices, Asura, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kratudruh (क्रतुद्रुह्):—[kratu-druh] (k-ṭ) 5. m. A demon.

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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.

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