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.
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.
Kravyād (क्रव्याद्).—i. e. kravya-ad, adj. Devouring raw flesh, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 16, 5.
Kravyād (क्रव्याद्).—[adjective] = [preceding] adj.; [masculine] beast of prey.
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]
Kravyād (क्रव्याद्):—[kravyā+d] (d) 1. m. An imp or goblin.
Kravyād (क्रव्याद्):—
Kravyād (क्रव्याद्):——
1) Adj. Fleisch — , Leichname verzehrend ; vom Agni des Scheiterhaufens , von gespenstischen Wesen und von Thieren. —
2) m. Raubthier [120,1.]
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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Starts with: Kravyada, Kravyadagana, Kravyadagni, Kravyadanayika, Kravyadarasa, Kravyadas, Kravyadavrata.
Full-text: Akravyad, Kayad, Kravya, Ad, Kravyada, Akravyada, Kravyashin, Kravyabhuj, Pishaca.
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