Kravyad, Kravyād, Kravya-ad: 8 definitions

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Kravyād (क्रव्याद्).—m. eating raw flesh; Ṛgveda 1.16.9. Manusmṛti 5.131. (-m.)

1) a carnivorous animal, such as a tiger &c.; क्रव्याद्भ्यो बलिमिव निर्घृणः क्षिपामि (kravyādbhyo balimiva nirghṛṇaḥ kṣipāmi) Uttararāmacarita 1.49.

2) a demon, goblin; R.15.16.

Kravyād is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kravya and ad (अद्). See also (synonyms): kravyāda, kravyabhuj.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kravyād (क्रव्याद्).—m. or mfn. (-vyād or -vyāt) 1. An imp or goblin, a Rakshasa. 2. A flesh-eater. 3. A beast of prey, a carnivorous animal. E. kravya flesh, ad to eat, vid affix, or with aṇ affix kravyāda.

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

Kravyād (क्रव्याद्).—i. e. kravya-ad, adj. Devouring raw flesh, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 16, 5.

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

Kravyād (क्रव्याद्).—[adjective] = [preceding] adj.; [masculine] beast of prey.

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

1) Kravyād (क्रव्याद्):—[from kravya > kravi] mfn. ([Pāṇini 3-2, 69]) consuming flesh or corpses (as the fire of the funeral pile or Agni in one of his terrible forms), [Ṛg-veda x, 16, 9 and 10; 87, 5; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā i, 17; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kauśika-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] (said of a Yātu-dhāna and other evil beings, imps, and goblins), [Ṛg-veda] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] carnivorous, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata]

4) [v.s. ...] m. (t) a carnivorous animal, beast of prey, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

5) [v.s. ...] Name of a Rakṣas, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Kravyād (क्रव्याद्):—[kravyā+d] (d) 1. m. An imp or goblin.

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

Kravyād (क्रव्याद्):—

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kravyād (क्रव्याद्):——

1) Adj. Fleisch — , Leichname verzehrend ; vom Agni des Scheiterhaufens , von gespenstischen Wesen und von Thieren. —

2) m. Raubthier [120,1.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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