The Sanskrit term Krūradṛś can be transliterated into English as Kruradrs or Kruradrish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Krūra-dṛś.—(EI 12), designation of Mars and Saturn. Note: krūra-dṛś is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

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Sanskrit dictionary

Krūradṛś (क्रूरदृश्).—a.

1) evil-eyed, having a malignant look; Kathāsaritsāgara 62.27.

2) mischievous, villainous. (-m.) Name of Saturn; also of Mars.

Krūradṛś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms krūra and dṛś (दृश्).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

1) Krūradṛś (क्रूरदृश्):—[=krūra-dṛś] [from krūra] mfn. evil-eyed (said of an owl), [Kathāsaritsāgara lxii, 27]

2) [v.s. ...] of terrible aspect, mischievous, cruel

3) [v.s. ...] m. (k) Name of the planet Śani or Saturn

4) [v.s. ...] of the planet Mars

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

Krūradṛś (क्रूरदृश्):—[krūra-dṛś] (k) a. Mischievous.

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

Krūradṛś (क्रूरदृश्):—(krūra + dṛś)

1) adj. grausamen Blicks, grausam [Medinīkoṣa śeṣa (s. II.). 33.] —

2) m. ein Beiname des Planeten Saturn [Medinīkoṣa] des Planeten Mars [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 261.] [ Kunde des Morgenlandes IV, 318.]

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Krūradṛś (क्रूरदृश्):—

3) m. ein furchtbares Auge habend, Bez. der Eule [Kathāsaritsāgara 62, 27.]

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

Krūradṛś (क्रूरदृश्):——

1) Adj. ein schreckliches Auge habend , von einer Eule. —

2) m. der Planet ) — a) Mars. — b) *Saturn.

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

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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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Partial matches: Drish, Krura.

Starts with: Kruradrishti.

Full-text: Kruradrikpatha, Kruratman, Kruralocana.

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