The Sanskrit term Kṛśāṅga can be transliterated into English as Krsanga or Krishanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Kṛśāṅga (कृशाङ्ग) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.44.83) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kṛśāṅga) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kṛśāṅga (कृशांग).—a (S) Of thin or delicate body or form; of spare make: also become lean and meagre.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṛśāṅga (कृशाङ्ग).—a. lean, thin.

-ṅgaḥ an epithet of Śiva. (-ṅgī) 1 a woman with a slender frame; कृशाङ्ग्याः संतापं वदति नलिनीपत्रशयनम् (kṛśāṅgyāḥ saṃtāpaṃ vadati nalinīpatraśayanam) Ratn.

Kṛśāṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛśa and aṅga (अङ्ग).

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

Kṛśāṅga (कृशाङ्ग).—mfn.

(-ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) Spare, thin, emaciate. f. (-ṅgī) 1. A woman with a slender shape. 2 A plant, commonly Priyangu: see priyaṅgu E. kṛśa thin, aṅga the body, aṇ and ṅīṣ affs.

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

Kṛśāṅga (कृशाङ्ग).—adj., f. gī, meagre.

Kṛśāṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛśa and aṅga (अङ्ग).

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

Kṛśāṅga (कृशाङ्ग).—[feminine] ī lean (membered), thin, slender.

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

1) Kṛśāṅga (कृशाङ्ग):—[from kṛśa > kṛś] mf(ī)n. ‘thin-bodied’, emaciate, spare, thin, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata xii, 10365]

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

Kṛśāṅga (कृशाङ्ग):—[kṛśā+ṅga] (ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) a. Thin, slender. (ṅgī) 3. f. Woman of slender shape; a plant, Priyangu.

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

Kṛśāṅga (कृशाङ्ग) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kisaṃga.

[Sanskrit to German]

Krishanga in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kṛśāṃga (ಕೃಶಾಂಗ):—

1) [noun] an emaciated body, as from starvation or disease.

2) [noun] a man with lean, weak body.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Krisha, Anga.

Full-text: Kisamga, Krisha, Krash, Krishangi.

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