Alternative spellings of this word include Krunch.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kruñc (क्रुञ्च्).—1 P. (kruñcati, kruñcita)

1) To curve or make crooked.

2) To become or be crooked.

3) To be or become small, shrink.

4) To make small, lessen.

5) To approach, arrive at, go up to.

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Kruñc (क्रुञ्च्).—m.

1) A curlew, heron; अद्भयः क्षीरं व्यपिबत्क्रुङ्ङाङ्गिरसो धिया (adbhayaḥ kṣīraṃ vyapibatkruṅṅāṅgiraso dhiyā) Vāj.19.73.

2) A swan. भृङ्गाली-कोकिल-क्रुङ्भि- र्वाशनैः पश्य लक्ष्मण (bhṛṅgālī-kokila-kruṅbhi- rvāśanaiḥ paśya lakṣmaṇa) Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.73.

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

Kruñc (क्रुञ्च्).—[(u) kruñcu] r. 1st cl. (kruñcati) 1. To go, to approach towards or arrive at. 2. To move crookedly. 3. To be crooked. 4. To curve or make crooked. 5. To become small, to shrink. 6. To make small, to lessen; also kuñca.

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

Kruñc (क्रुञ्च्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To be crooked 2. To curve. 3. To move crookedly. 4. To become small. 5. To make small.

— Cf. perhaps [Old High German.] kriuchan.

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

Kruñc (क्रुञ्च्).—[masculine] curlew.

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

1) Kruñc (क्रुञ्च्):—1. kruñc ([Pāṇini 3-2, 59]) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] kruñcati, ‘to curve or make crooked’ or ‘to be crooked, move crookedly’ [Dhātupāṭha vii, 4];—‘to become small, shrink’, or ‘to make small, lessen’ [ib.];

—to go towards, approach, [Vopadeva]

2) 2. kruñc m. ([Pāṇini 3-2, 59]) a kind of snipe, curlew, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xix, 73; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa xiii; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

3) Name of a Ṛṣi [Comm.] [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa xiii] (cf. krauñca.)

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

1) Kruñc (क्रुञ्च्):—(u) kruñcati 1. a. To go, to go crookedly; to become small.

2) (ṅ) 5. m. f. A curlew.

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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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Starts with: Krunca, Kruncakiya, Kruncamant, Kruncamat, Kruncati, Kruncau, Krunch, Kruncha, Krunchati.

Full-text: Krunca, Krukta, Kruncakiya, Kruncamat, Kruncau, Ukkutthi, Akkosa, Kuncita, Kunca, Konca, Kraunca, Suparṇa.

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