किरात

{ kirātḥ, kirāta }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KIRĀTA   An urban region in ancient india. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 2, Verse 51] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

    see : चिरायता

A dictionary, Marathi and English

    one of the barbarous tribes who inhabit woods and mountains, and live by the chase. 2 A kind of gentian. see किराईत.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  one of the barbarous tribes who inhabit woods and mountains, and live by the chase.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. १ अरण्यवासी एक जात ; भिल्ल ; ही जात शिकारीवर निर्वाह करते .' तो भेटला गुहक नामक किरात वाटें । ' - वामन भरतभाव ५० . २ किराईताची एक जात .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

किरात  m.  m. pl. also title or epithet).">N. of a degraded mountain- tribe ( inhabiting woods and mountains and living by hunting, having become शूद्रs by their neglect of all prescribed religious rites; also regarded as म्लेच्छs; the Kirrhadae of Arrian), xxx, 16"> [VS. xxx, 16]; [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [Mn. x, 44]; [MBh.] &c.
किरात  m.  m. a man of the किरात tribe
   a prince of the किरातs, xi, 60"> [VarBṛS. xi, 60]
कुब्ज-क्°   a dwarf, [L.] ( cf.)

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कुब्ज क्°

   a groom, horseman, [L.]
किरात- तिक्त   the plant Agathotes Chirayta ( also called ), [L.]

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किरात तिक्त

    also title or epithet).">N. of शिव (as a mountaineer opposed to अर्जुन, described in भारवि's poem किरातार्जुनीय)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

किरातः [kirātḥ]   [किरं पर्यन्तभूमिं अतति गच्छतीति किरातः]
  N. N. of a degraded mountain tribe who live by hunting, a mountaineer; वैयाकरणकिरातादपशब्दमृगाः क्व यान्तु संत्रस्ताः । यदि नटगणकचिकित्सकवैतालिकवदनकन्दरा न स्युः ॥ Subhāṣ.; [Pt.1.17;] पर्यन्ताश्रयिभिर्निजस्य सदृशं नाम्नः किरातैः कृतम् [Ratn.2.3;] [Ku.1.6,15.] जवार इति यद्राज्यं किरातानां पुरातनम् [Parṇāl 1.39.]
   A savage, barbarian.
   A dwarf.
   A groom, a horseman.
  N. N. of Śiva in the disguise of a Kirāta.
   A species of fish; किरातो लुब्धके देववाहिनीमत्स्यभेदयोः [Nm.]
  N. N. of a medicinal herb ( mar. किराईत, चिराईत, भूनिंब)
-ताः   (pl.) N. of a country. -Comp.
-अर्जुनीयम्  N. N. of a poem by Bhāravi (in which the combat of arjuna with Śiva in the form of a Kirāta or mountaineer is poetically described.)- आशिन् m. an epithet of Garuḍa.
-तिक्तः  N. N. of a medicinal herb ( mar. किराईत, चिराईत).

Shabda-Sagara

किरात  m.  ( - तः)
   1. A savage, one of the barbarous tribes who inhabit woods and mountains and live by the chase, the Kirrhadœ of Arrian.
   2. siva as a mountaineer opposed to arjuna, the account of which is the subject of the poem, the Kiratarjuniya.
   3. A kind of gentian: see किराततिक्त.
   4. A pigmy a dwarf.
   5. A groom, a horseman.
  f.  ( - ती)
   1. The river ganges or its goddess.
   2. A name of durga.
   3. A bawd, a procuress.
   4. The celestial ganges or river of Swarga.
    E. कॄ to scatter, ( speech, &c.) and अत who goes; also किरातक.

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कॄ अत किरातक